School consultations and closure proposals
Current school consultations
Gaelic Medium Catchment Area for Acharacle Primary School
We have been seeking the views of local communities on a proposal to establish a Gaelic Medium catchment area for Acharacle Primary School.
The views of parents, school pupils, the local community and others were sought over a period extending from 23 August 2021 to 8 October 2021. A public meeting was held on 29 September 2021.
We will shortly be seeking the views of Education Scotland.
Gaelic Medium Catchment Area for Newtonmore Primary School
We have been seeking the views of local communities on a proposal to establish a Gaelic Medium catchment area for Newtonmore Primary School.
The views of parents, school pupils, the local community and others were sought over a period extending from 31 May 2021 to 3 September 2021. A public meeting was held on 24 August 2021.
We are now seeking the views of Education Scotland.
The Proposal Paper and Appendices can be found via the link below.
Gaelic Medium Catchment Areas for Plockton Primary School and Lochcarron Primary School
We are seeking the views of local communities on a proposal to establish Gaelic Medium catchment areas for Plockton Primary and for Lochcarron Primary.
The views of parents, school pupils, the local community and others will be sought over a period extending from 9 March 2020 to 1 May 2020.
The Proposal Paper and Appendices can be found via the link below.
Review of proposal to discontinue provision of education at Uig Primary School
We have published our Final Consultation Report into our proposal to discontinue the provision of education at Uig Primary School.
The original consultation on the proposal ran from 4 June to 30 August 2019.
The Final Consultation Report was approved by the Council’s Education Committee on 2 September 2021, and by Highland Council on 9 September 2021.
We have notified Scottish Ministers of our decision and provided them with a copy of the Proposal Paper and Consultation Report. They have an 8-week period from the date of our decision (9 September 2021) to decide if they will intervene by issuing a call-in notice. Within the first 3 weeks of that 8-week period, they will take account of any relevant representations made to them by any person on whether the decision should be called in, or not called in, for review by a School Closure Review Panel. All representations should be sent to the email address or the postal address below by Wednesday 29 September 2021.
Anyone wishing to make a representation to the Scottish Ministers is asked to email schoolclosure@gov.scot or write to the School Infrastructure Unit, Scottish Government, 2-D (S) Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ, by midnight on 29 September 2021 at the latest.
Full details of the reasons for the recommendation are contained within the Final Report and associated papers, which can be accessed using the link below