Education / Building new school picked as preferred option for future of education in Brae
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Education / Fair Isle primary seeks new head teacher
Education / Increase in families benefiting from free school meals and other grants
Education / Ollaberry headteacher post proving difficult to fill
Education / Small rise in home education numbers but no link to Covid anxiety, Budge says
Education / Instrument tuition funding commitment a ‘step in the right direction’
Education / Cashless payments could come to Anderson High School canteen next term
Education / New learning estate strategy hugely important, meeting hears
Education / Don’t lose momentum on making case for change in pupil equity funding scheme, councillor says
Education / School attendance rates rise during pandemic
Education / No plans to remove ice cream and custard from local school menus following Aberdeenshire decision
Education / Covid mitigations ‘so important’ in return to school, union says
Education / UHI’s centre for island creativity to move into college
Education / SIC prepared for possible spike in demand for school counselling service as bairns return to classroom
Coronavirus / Government will meet council’s coronavirus costs, finance chief confirms
Business / Hame Fae Hame wins UK awardSunday Times/Lloyds accolade comes with mentoring session from fitness coach
Education / Further education targets may be missed
Education / College looks to understand future skills requirements of energy sector
Education / Don’t cut spending in education to plug any Covid funding shortfall, councillor warns
Education / Councillors seek reassurance over remote learningThe education and families committee also hears that staff in children’s services have already begun receiving Covid vaccinations
Education / School counselling service in demand
Education / Frustration simmers again at community council over delays on going ‘cashless’ at Anderson
Updated Remote learning disrupted on first day as national problem affects software
Education / SIC reassures parents over extension of remote learning
Education / More details released around return to school
Education / Council releases first details on how schools will operate after Christmas break
Education / MSYP supports decision to call off exams
Education / Higher and advanced higher exams to be cancelled
Education / Council not swayed by request to introduce remote learning around Christmas
Education / College students adapting well to blended learning, meeting hears
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