Advanced Higher

Gàidhlig · Advanced Higher

Gaelic as a first language: literature, language skills and critical essay writing.

The course

What Gàidhlig is about

Gàidhlig is the course for fluent speakers: close reading and critical analysis of prose and poetry, personal and creative writing, and discussion of Gaelic culture and current issues.

Where it leads

What it offers you

It strengthens literacy and cultural understanding for Gaelic teaching, media, arts and community roles.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Gàidhlig Advanced Higher on sqa.org.uk.

All Gàidhlig levels