Education

A third of schools across Highland in primary, secondary and early learning settings are being hit by positive Covid-19 cases or localised outbreaks.

Plans to roll-out out Gaelic have proved controversial with fears local children could lose places at village school

Pupils have been asked to work from home as they did through lockdown and return at end of month

'We understand that some pupils will be anxious about returning to school'

Highland Council to outline plans at one of the first public meetings to be held in region since Covid pandemic started

"We are delighted that the 2021 results show improvements on the attainment data prior to 2020."

Childline said 'no worry is too small to share'.

Useful links and contact details for pupils with any concerns about the next step

The Scottish Government's School Clothing Grant has so far provided £469,000 to support 4333 school children in the Highlands.

Former Scotland football star Nicky Grant gets the job of executive chief officer for education and learning

Headteacher full of praise for the resilience and creativity of pupils

The University of the Highlands and Islands has hailed an 'outstanding' candidate for the post.

Today, which is Clean Air Day Scotland, will see schools, hospitals, workplaces and communities across the Highlands run events to inspire people.

Dr Shirley Moore made a complaint to the Scottishh Public Service Ombudsman

We asked whether parents were considering keeping their children off school 308 people said yes compared with 302 who said no.

Highland Council has said that it is up to each school whether or not to let pupils watch Euro 2020 matches during the tournament.

Highland Council has adopted a devolved school management approach meaning individual head teachers get to make the decision.

But education bosses pledge this will not delay roll-out of extra early learning hours

Every nursery and playgroup will have extra hours in place from August

We spoke to online media law expert and lecturer Dr Holly Powell-Jones about certain legal aspects of online behaviour.