Education

Thousands of Highland students forced to wait as wintry grip tightens on their schools

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

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

One of the people involved in the “transformative” establishment of UHI will be moving on to new challenges after the new year.

Headteacher says he is ‘super proud’ of staff and kids after glowing report

Councillor Helen Crawford says ‘people are starting to say that the education committee is dysfunctional’.

A bid to improve information triggered a furious reaction from administration councillors.

The council insist that it is one of most improved local authorities in Scotland.

That is despite a large increase in Scottish Government funding announced in the draft budget.

The move to ‘better serve’ the north follows Kate Forbes’ call to dismantle the local authority.

The new agreement has been designed to improve student mental health and wellbeing.

More than 16,000 Highland pupils from over 100 schools and nurseries will stay at home today after heavy snow hit classes.

New figures show the north is behind the national average in 13 out of 15 areas.

School staff in the Highlands are suffering an average of almost eight physical or verbal assaults every day, official figures have revealed.

Community Land Scotland chairwoman Ailsa Raeburn warns ‘availability of homes now at crisis level’.

Victoria Erasmus will take the chair for UHI Inverness in 2025, while Eilidh Kennedy McLean MBE will take up her position for UHI Moray in December.

Museums from across the Highlands have collaborated to a new digital 3D scanning project in a bid to capture historical artefacts.

Highland Council confirmed more than 402 laptops need work in August – a 35 per spike compared to last year.

Javier Munoz Moreno, originally from Spain, was chosen as the Overall Student of the Year.

An initiative to promote sports and wellbeing among young people across the Highlands has marked 20 years since it first started.