UPDATED: Schools close due to snow
Brae High School is set to close at 12.30pm due to current weather conditions.
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All schools to remain shut on Wednesday
All schools and early learning settings will remain closed tomorrow (Wednesday). It comes with more snow expected overnight and with temperatures remaining near freezing. SIC-run…
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Majority of schools to shut for three days due to strikes
Most of Shetland’s schools will shut for three days next week, the SIC has said, as non-teaching staff go out on strike. The industrial action…
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Strike action to affect schools later this month
Schools will be affected by strike action later this month, trade body Unison confirmed yesterday (Thursday). Unison, the biggest trade union for local authority employees,…
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Most schools re-open but some remain shut due to snow
Several schools in the North Isles and North Mainland will remain closed today (Thursday) due to the continuing snowy weather. Baltasound and Mid Yell junior…
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UPDATED – Disruption to schools and buses after heavy snowfall
Bus services have been cancelled and some schools closed after overnight heavy snowfall. Schools in Baltasound, Cullivoe, Burravoe, Mid Yell and Whalsay are all closed…
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Storm Arwen forces school closures
Storm Arwen has forced the closure of a number of schools today (Friday). Foula and Fair Isle primary schools didn’t open this morning and Ollaberry…
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Sound Primary School to close early because of gales
Sound Primary School will close early today because of the worsening weather.
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Big challenges await next council warns outgoing education chairwoman
Outgoing councillor Vaila Wishart has highlighted major challenges for the next council as it prepares to deliver services for young people, in her closing statement…
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School closure plans shelved as councillors call for government meeting
A call has been made for a council meeting with Scottish government ministers to discuss the way forward for education.
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School closure proposals – reports to be published
The prospect of school closures has once again emerged, with consultation reports on Mid Yell and Whalsay set to be published this week.
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Deflated over schools (Stuart Hannay)
I am grateful to the councillors who have supported keeping rural schools open and did feel an initial sense of relief when the consultation on
READ FULL STORYShameful tick-box tactics (Jeremy Sansom)
Almost daily we hear of a politician, banker, chief executive or other prominent person railing against the accusation of some misdemeanour saying: “I have done…
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Boden insists schools decision is lawful
The council’s top official has hit back against claims that the authority” flouted the law” to avoid legislation aimed at protecting communities from repeated school…
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