Rising Absenteeism in Fife Schools
A report presented to the Fife’s Education Scrutiny Committee earlier this month showed that Fife was below the nation...
Category: Children
Chariots of Fire race returns
After a two-year absence, the Chariots of Fire beach race, inspired by the 1981 film of the same name, will return to th...
Parents push back on plans remove head teachers from East Neuk schools
Parents’ anger over plans to remove headteacher post from East Neuk schools has sparked a backlash and an online petit...
Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding – but only for a year
As previously reported in February, Fife's Children and Families Division had been planning to defund nineteen charitabl...
Council plans deep cuts to charity funding
Fife Council, which is facing a £11M black hole in its 2021-22 budget, is planning to take £410,000 of its funding of ...
Struggling Fife families with self-isolating pupils to get help with food costs
Fife Council is planning to offer financial help to those families that struggle with the unexpected extra food costs wh...
NHS Fife Development Worker wins Scottish Children’s Health Award
The Scottish Children’s Health Awards have been created by the charity Children's Health Scotland to celebrate courage...
Madras College rector appointed
New rector Avril McNeill, 47, will take up post in August following six years as rector of Glenrothes High School. Her a...
St Andrews pupils mark end of term with lockdown version of ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’
Pupils at St Leonards School have recorded a poignant end of term version of Simon and Garfunkel’s iconic song Bridge ...
First Minister introduces 4-phase routemap out of lockdown
Here are excerpts of the First Minister's speech introducing the the Scottish Government's detailed routemap for through...
Activity centres open for children of key workers in Fife
Fife Council has opened 29 Children’s Activity Centres for children of key workers – where one or both carers are fr...