Schools

School Term Dates

Information on the current school term dates, also available in PDF form.

School Closures Website

Parents in Highland can now log on to their computer to check if their child’s local school is closed by bad weather

View our brochure of the Official opening of Cawdor Primary School by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on 31 October (PDF 3.5 MB)

There are over 200 nursery education providers, 183 Primary Schools, 29 Secondary Schools and 3 Special Schools in Highland.

A list of contacts in the Education, Culture & Sport Service as well as a list of Area Education Offices can be found in the Current Documents section.

Information on individual schools can be obtained from the Highland Virtual Learning Community website http://www.hvlc.org.uk/.

A copy of the following documents can be downloaded from the "Current Documents" section:

• The lastest National Priorities in Education, Annual Progress Report 2005/06
  
• The latest Standards and Quality Report
  
• Highland Council's document A Curriculum for Excellence 2006  - this large document is split into three parts
  
• Highland Council's document Excellent Schools - this large document is split into two parts

Highland Virtual Learning Community
This is Highland’s learning and teaching web site www.hvlc.org.uk/.   In the pupils’ section you will find web sites selected for their relevance to the school curriculum and sites to help them choose books to read for pleasure.   The parents’ section has information about schools in Highland, and about the Psychological and Support for Learners services which support pupils who have difficulties of various kinds which affect their learning.   Parents may also be interested in the Learning and Teaching Toolkit, which is a guide to help teachers put into practice the aims of the learning and teaching policy.   The staffroom includes a range of information to support teachers, school librarians and other school staff.   The quality assurance section includes information relating to policy and planning.

HMIe
Each year, HM Inspectors inspect and report on the quality of education in pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, community learning and development, further education colleges, initial teacher education, residential educational provision and the education functions of local authorities and services for children.   Copies of Inspection Reports can be downloaded from the HMIe website www.hmie.gov.uk/