Education

Highland Council has announced the closure of a number of schools and nurseries affecting thousands of youngsters today as Storm Eowyn strikes.

Hard-up Highland families struggling to pay for their children’s school meals have had those debts written off.

Stewart Smith, from Cromarty, has been shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).

Stewart Smith, from Cromarty, has been shortlisted for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).

MSP Edward Mountain says ‘the situation in Highland schools is at breaking point’.

The ‘deeply alarming’ new figures show more than 54 per cent of pupils missed 10-20 per cent of the school year.

The Highland Council have published a consultative paper proposing for Kinlochewe Primary, which was mothballed in the summer of 2022.

A drop in the pupil roll means the imminent prospect of mothballing - but there are hopes of a creative solution to the issues facing Strathconon.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.

A small fortune made it "probably the best” primary school in the Highlands.

Highland Council said it was closed due to a power/heating/water issue.

A professor with 30 years experience of “fostering academic innovation” has been given a crucial leadership role at UHI.

Teams from Fortrose Academy and Tain Royal Academy were amongst those testing the market with the Highland public.

Thousands of Highland school and nursery children are set for another day at home as the cold snap continues.

Inverness Campus will remain closed to students for a second day on Friday, UHI Inverness has confirmed amid further weather warnings for the region.

Around 20,000 school pupils and nursery children in the Highland Council area are staying at home today after heavy snow overnight forced closures.

The past 12 months proved to be another very busy year for our team, writes the Highland Archive Service.

Highland Council has announced the closure of nine schools and six nurseries early this morning with more expected to follow.

Six schools and three nurseries in the Highlands have so far announced they will be closed or will open later today.