Education

The deal will retain all staff and aims to save millions on school contracts with the company being run as a going concern.

The MSP has accused education officials of ‘missing maths classes’ while the local authority says the mothballing decision remains under review.

A new report is highlighting “significant employment opportunities” for the Highlands arising from a flagship pumped storage hydro project.

A Wester Ross school has secured "good" and "satisfactory" ratings from inspectors following their latest visit.

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’

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.