Education

A Wick schoolteacher is 'on cloud nine' after helping save an exhausted goldcrest – Britain's smallest bird.

Highland school pupils are to be given vouchers in place of free school meals if they are asked to self-isolate during term time.

Higher and Advanced Higher examinations in 2021 will however go ahead but at a later exam date.

Staff of the Care and Learning Alliance have been praised for working tirelessly and making it a successful year for the organisation.

Pupils at Crossroads Primary School were given the opportunity to talk online to the children and young people's commissioner for Scotland.

Secondary pupils, their families and teachers have been praised after a new analysis of exam results across the Highland Council area.

More than 200 students from North Highland College UHI are being recognised for their achievements in a very different manner this year.

A Caithness mum has spoken of the anxiety being experienced by university students, many of whom have effectively been “confined to barracks”.

A £50 pound voucher is on offer to people from Wick and surroundings as an incentive to participate in a research study on rural living costs.

A Glasgow based creative hub is giving budding filmmakers in Caithness a step up the ladder of success with a new initiative.

Wick High School recommends that its pupils bring protective face coverings to school as its stock of masks is running low.

More than £500 was collected for a cancer charity when a Thurso primary school staged a fundraising pyjama day.

Hard-up families in Thurso are among hundreds across the north who will miss out on extra free childcare for almost a year.

New outdoor maths kits are being sent to all primary schools in the Highlands thanks to the Science Skills Academy.

Pupils from Crossroads primary school struck gold when they took part in the RSPB Challenge awards.

Two senior pupils from Lybster Primary School have had their hard work recognised with a special award.

Despite the challenges of lockdown, pupils at Wick High School still managed to compete in a national maths competition.

Highland Council advises parents to see that their children wear extra clothing to school as part of a strategy to combat Covid-19.

Wick High School has just announced its list of top students for 2019-20.

Sixteen nurses have become the first cohort to graduate from a midwifery pilot programme run by the University of the Highlands and Islands.