Tag: schools

Parents are being advised to visit and learn more about their catchment primary school before applying for a place at a school in a different area.  The registration process for the new P1 intake begins in...

Council run schools and the majority of community education centres are set to get access to WIFI as part of a £5.3 million investment IT services.  All establishments will get increased capacity for email...

Edinburgh schools will join the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a series of cultural and sporting events across the city.  The programme, called 'Edinburgh Gets Set for the Games',...

Murrayburn Primary School in Sighthill is the only Scottish school still in with a chance of winning a makeover for their playground. The Ronseal Playground Project is a competition that will give one school...

Sophy Green is the new CEO of Streetwork - an Edinburgh based organisation dedicated to helping some of society's most vulnerable people. Their reach is vast, working with homelessness, domestic violence, drug addiction and...

by Councillor Paul Godzik The recent comments from the Chamber of Commerce on the performance of Edinburgh’s schools follow a raft of worrying statistics on the education and employment prospects for youngsters in Edinburgh. Figures published...

It was top marks for pupils and staff at Greengables Nursery School, Niddrie House Gardens after they received a positive report from school inspectors.In the HMIe report, the inspectors were impressed...

Pirniehall & St David's will remain closed on Monday. Craigroyston S4-S6 to go to Broughton High but S1-S3 to stay home.Arrangements for Monday 7th February are as follows:Pirniehall/ St David's Joint CampusThe school...

Generous Edinburgh coffee-lovers have helped raise £17,000 for The Costa Foundation charity in 2010, enough to build a school in a developing country.Costa staff and customers at 22 stores around the capital have helped...

Scotland's schools and teachers are working hard to ensure that pupils who have had enforced days off due to the snow can catch up on missed work.The moves have been welcomed by Education Secretary...

Boroughmuir High School and Campbeltown Grammar School are the latest schools to be identified to receive support through the Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme.This brings the total number of school projects to 37,...

More snow over the weekend so more disruption to schools and travel. We will update this with any more news throughout the day.The latest update from the council tonight:-"Staff from the City of Edinburgh...

All Edinburgh schools and children & families services to open on MondaySchools and children & families establishments and services will operate as normal from Monday.The following community centres will offer a service over the...

All secondary schools are set to open for some pupils and 44 primaries are set to open on Friday. See a full update on the status of schools below.All staff should continue...

Here are the updates on what is happening and what is not in Edinburgh at the moment. We will update here through the day. Please let us know if your event is either going...

So here we go again - lots of snow overnight last night and many people stuck in their homes. The Forth Road Bridge was closed today and the airport may or may not be...

Ok there is a lot of white stuff around today. There is a bit of chaos and people need to know what is happening.St Andrew's Day celebrations in St Andrew Square have all...

November 30th is a special day for Scotland. Not only is it the day for celebrating our Patron Saint, St Andrew but it also provides an opportunity to celebrate everything that's unique about Scotland.To...

Education Secretary Michael Russell today confirmed that regulations to legally limit primary one class sizes at 25 will be laid in Parliament on Thursday.During a visit to Letham Primary in Livingston, where all primary...

Edinburgh parents have welcomed the news that a solution will be proposed at the full Council Committee on Thursday to curb the size of early years classes - and it will not cost...