Pupils’ reading and maths performance ‘significantly lower’ amid school closures
Primary-age pupils’ performance in both reading and maths has dropped significantly following school closures during the first lockdown, a study suggests.
Primary-age pupils’ performance in both reading and maths has dropped significantly following school closures during the first lockdown, a study suggests.
Aberdeen City Council has notified parents of the online registration process for children entering P1 classes later this year.
The core values of community, leadership, curiosity, innovation and resilience underpin all that pupils experience at Robert Gordon’s College.
A joint investigation has been launched to establish the cause of a fire at a derelict primary school building in Aberdeen.
When the lockdown was first announced, the staff at Robert Gordon’s College knew that the way they delivered lessons to pupils would change.
Two Aberdeen primary schools are sharing a £272,000 windfall thanks to the School Library Improvement Fund awards.
New statistics have shown that more than 100 additional teachers have been added to classrooms in the region since 2013.
Pupils from 10 primary schools across the region are to take part in the Scottish Opera Primary Schools Tour when it comes to the city next year.
School pupils are in with the chance to name Aberdeen's 10 main road gritters as a new competition launches.
The Evening Express today launches its Pounds for Primaries initiative.
A number of north-east schools have been forced to stay closed this morning.
Relationships between staff and children at a school are “positive and supportive”, inspectors have said.
Inspectors rated the Aberdeen primary “satisfactory” for learning, teaching and assessment, the fourth-best of six possible ratings, and “weak” for raising attainment and achievement – the second-worst rating.
Aberdeen city centre filled with the sounds of Christmas as schoolchildren attended a service to bless a nativity scene.
Police were called to a north-east primary school after a pupil was involved in a disturbance with a knife.
A new head teacher is helping turn things around at a north-east school, inspectors have suggested.
A schoolboy has been charged after allegedly having a knife at a North-east school.
A North-east politician has praised Snapchat for improving children’s safety – but says it should do more.
Police are investigating the disappearance of a woman who may have had connections to the North-east.
A second Aberdeenshire primary school has been forced to close today. Boddam School shut to staff and pupils due to a “water fault”. Earlier today it was reported that Ballater Primary School was forced to close just three hours after pupils returned for the new term due to an issue with heating.
A North-east primary school has been shut this afternoon due to a heating failure. In a note posted on the Aberdeenshire Council website, it confirmed that Ballater Primary School was closed to staff and pupils due to issues with the heating. It comes around three hours after the new term started.
Pupils at an Aberdeenshire primary school have created a special video to thank parents who helped clear the school of ice.
Police were called by a member of the public after a person was spotted with a knife close to Balmedie Primary School this morning.
Plans to extend an Aberdeenshire school to provide a new permanent nursery have been approved.
Pupils from a North-east school are being given the opportunity to make history by placing items in a time capsule.
An Aberdeen primary and nursery school, which was saved from closure, has been ordered to improve after a critical report from a watchdog.
The opening of a North-east school has been delayed - and parents have been warned they might have to find childcare as a result.
Football clubs in a North-east town have joined forces to help their local primary school after it was targeted in an alleged vandalism attack.
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Councillors were to be asked today to bring forward a consultation into the location of a new multi-million pound primary school.