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Paul Godzik and Maureen Child receive a petition from local children

Judges’ Portobello High ruling is ‘months away’

PROTESTERS are facing a long wait to discover whether their bid to derail plans for a new Portobello High School has been successful.

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Primaries join forces to fight appeal over new high school

PARENTS from Portobello’s primary schools have banded together in a bid to persuade a protest group to drop its appeal against the building of a new high school.

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Scottish Government ponders tablet computers’ role in schools

WAYS of promoting the use of tablet computers in schools are to be explored by the Scottish Government.

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Pupils tested on knowledge of EU

James Gillespie’s Primary pupils are among 120 pupils from 30 teams across Scotland testing their European knowledge at the Scottish Parliament later today.

Two of McKendrys Borders contracts were suspended

Safety fear as wheel comes off school bus

A COACH firm still being used to transport school children in the Capital has been suspended from two similar contracts in the Borders after a wheel fell off one of its buses while pupils were on board.

UK students eye free university places by claiming Irish ancestry

Thousands of students from England and Wales could get free university places in Scotland if they claim Irish ancestry.

Some teachers are not sleeping due to stress and increased workload

Union leaders blame extra pressure on teachers for illness due to stress

Stress and depression accounted for almost a third of all long-term sickness absence among teachers in city schools in the last year.

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Dalkeith High School

Pupils sent home early amid fears of planned pranks

SENIOR pupils at a high school were sent home on study leave two days early amid fears among teachers that they were planning a string of destructive pranks.

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Winchburgh Primary

Schools receive £1m boost from Lothians ‘new town’

TWO primary schools are to share a £1 million bonanza after plans to build a new “town” on their doorstep were approved.

An artists impression of the new extension at Stevenson College

Extension bid approved ahead of college merger

A MULTI-MILLION-POUND redevelopment of a city college is set to take place just months before it merges with two others.

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Lorraine McMurdo and her son, Jamie

Rejected parents slam class ruling

PARENTS of almost 20 children who were refused a place at a city primary school today hit out at the council for removing a primary one teacher due to a lack of demand.

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Leith Academy pupils who have set up a facebook tribute page to their teacher Mr Jim Wyllie who recently passed away. Pupils are Azeem Ditta, Bobby Dickens, James Burgess and Heather Lawrence

Students plan permanent tribute after teacher dies

PUPILS are to set up a permanent memorial to remember a popular teacher who died after spending nearly 33 years teaching at the same school.

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Morgan Galloway-Taylor with son Shaun, two, by the temporary fence

Fury as broken fence leaves nursery kids stuck indoors

PARENTS of children at a city nursery have hit out after claiming they have been banned from playing in an outdoor area for five months while they wait for the council to fix a broken fence.

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Ms Sutherland works for the children and families department. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Portobello park group protest leader steps down

THE leader of a protest group fighting a new Portobello High School has stepped down from her role – because she works for the city council’s children and families department.

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An artists impression of the new school in Portobello Park

Appeal blow in school fight

PORTOBELLO Community Council has refused to ask a protest group to drop its appeal which is delaying the building of a new high school that has overwhelming support from residents.

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