The National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) is designed to help teachers embed literacy and numeracy into all subjects for learners aged 5 to 14.

The LNF sets the skills we expect learners to develop. Within literacy we expect learners to become accomplished in:

• oracy across the curriculum
• reading across the curriculum
• writing across the curriculum.

Within numeracy we expect learners to become accomplished in:

• developing numerical reasoning
• using number skills
• using measuring skills
• using data skills

Teachers will be able to use the LNF to:

• develop curriculum content to ensure that all learners have opportunities to develop and refine the skills set out in the LNF
• integrate literacy and numeracy into their teaching – ​whatever the subject matter
• inform discussions with parents/carers, learners and other teachers about learner performance
• help learners with their own self-assessment activities and planning for learning
• monitor, assess and report on individual learner performance
• identify learners who may benefit from intervention or who are working beyond age-related expectations.