Education

The chairwoman of an out-of-school club in Melrose insists that its children’s welfare is paramount despite its management being criticised by inspectors.

A Gala nursery could go to the top of the class after making the shortlist for a national education award.

Youngster from Melrose Primary School have proven themselves unbeatable in the art of the quiz, having won the Borders heat of a national competition for the fourth year in a row last week.

Bestselling children’s author Julie Donaldson has been visiting Borders schools and libraries as part of this year’s Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour.

They say good things come in threes, and that’s certainly been the case for youngsters in Galashiels this week.

Youngsters have been rewarded for putting themselves on the right path for healthier futures by shunning their parents’ cars for their school runs in favour of bikes, scooters or their feet.

A pair of pupils from Melrose Primary School proved how streetwise they are by winning a new award named in memory of a dog who helped promote road safety.

Concerns are growing for a Borders student missing since Wednesday night, March 14.

The first of four community engagement events on the future of the secondary schools in Galashiels, Selkirk, Peebles and Hawick took place this week.

Hawick must make its wishes known loud and clear if it is to be next in line for a new school.

Final feedback is now being sought on plans to close St Margaret’s RC Primary School in Hawick.

Many of the Borders’ schools are set to reopen tomorrow, March 5, after having been closed for the last three days of last week.

With intense snowfall expected over the region due to the winter storm tagged “the beast from the east”, Scottish Borders Council has made the decision to close all schools tomorrow (Wednesday).

A primary school and nursery in the Ettrick Valley is hoping to raise its pupil roll by attracting children from Selkirk.

A Lauder teenager has been chosen to join a 30-strong group of youngsters from across Scotland tasked with raising awareness of young people’s right in a digital world.

Parents and carers of children due to start nursery from August are urged to register their child for a place during enrolment week.

Some Hawick parents are threatening to send their children to school elsewhere rather than enrol them at Hawick High School this autumn.

Selling toast has made lots of bread – £300 to be precise – for Borders rugby hero Doddie Weir’s motor neurone disease research charity.

Continual setbacks meant its opening was almost 10 months late, but the new £300,000 cafe at Hawick’s Wilton Lodge Park finally opened its doors today.