Education

There are plenty of safe and child-friendly apps that can help young people build essential skills

Apple's 4 top apps for helping young children with reading and maths

Inspectors have published their findings following a visit to Largoward Primary School. (Pic: Google Maps)

Caring, nurturing environment of small rural school recognised by inspectors

These universities ranked among the UK's finest, in the country's 'definitive' university league table

Top UK universities according to Sunday Times, as UCAS deadline looms

Common red flags include passing up on spending face-to-face time with friends, or secretly staying up late on phones or computers

The 20 common signs that your child is having too much screen time

This time of year can be a lot for students

Four ways students can protect their mental health this Blue Monday

Chamberlain welcomes development of Madras College bus stop.

College after-school bus service welcomed

There are a number of popular apps to help you learn everything from songwriting to playing the piano

Apple's 5 top-rated apps to help learn music or a new instrument

The figures show a growing problem with school absences in Fife (Pic: Stock)

New figures reveal extent of absence rates in Fife schools

Duolingo and Babbel are some of Great Britain's most popular language learning apps

Apple's 5 top-rated apps for learning a new language in 2025

In Scotland, schools are able to temporarily close during hazardous weather conditions

How Scottish parents can find out about school closures when it snows

The figures show more than 17,000 pupils in Fife schools missed one day every fortnight in 2023/24. (Pic: Stock image)

Thousands of Fife pupils missing a day of school every fortnight

If you want equal consideration for university courses, you don't have long to apply

Uni application deadline nears for sixth-form students - how to apply

These are some of the key dates parents need to know for 2025

The key dates in education that parents need to know in 2025

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British Council seeks Scottish applicants for English Language Assistants Progra...

Here are the school holiday dates for the Fife Council area in 2025. (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Fife Council area school holidays 2025

Kirkcaldy West Primary School is at the centre of the proposed changes (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Councillors may change catchment area for highly-rated Kirkcaldy school
Catchment areas for two popular Kirkcaldy primary schools could be set to change
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Just like the rest of the UK, Scotland has a number of holidays between and even during school terms

Scotland's school holiday and term dates for 2025 - full list

Lawhead Primary School took part in Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes' latest Christmas competition.

Housebuilder lays career foundations for St Andrews pupils with Christmas design...

Anstruther Primary P1 2024

The 2024 P1 class pictures from schools across North East Fife

From left, Lyn Gold, Scholarship and Alumni Engagement Lead at Fife College, Adel Olivier, Toni Sneddon, Oscar Baker, Neve Stewart and Yvonne Bayne, Health & Life Sciences Partnerships Manager at Fife College

Science scholarships awarded to Fife College students in memory of Angela

Kennoway Primary P1-2 (2024)

The 2024 P1 class pictures from schools across Levenmouth

Auchtertool Primary P1 2024

The 2024 P1 class pictures from schools across Kirkcaldy district

Inspectors visited Kirkcaldy West Primary School in October.

Inspectors recognise happy children, strong leadership and nurturing staff

Santa's Sleigh

Auchtertool Festive Dash

Fife's top 10 secondary schools according to student achievement (Photos by Google/Lisa Ferguson)

Fife's top 10 state secondary schools based on student achievement

Each of Scotland's different regions boasts its own high-performing primary schools

Where in Scotland has the best primary schools - top schools for each

There are plenty of excellent primary schools dotted across Fife

Fife's 14 best state primary schools based on children's key skills
These schools have proven they can help children excel 🏫
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Scotland is a haven for high achieving state schools (Photo: National World/Google)

Scotland's 25 top-rated high schools named

Scottish secondary school rankings are broadly based on Higher exam results

Explainer How Scotland's best high schools are ranked - based on 'gold standard'

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GCHQ's annual Christmas card invites you to crack geography puzzles

Fife Council is looking to create ASN classrooms at two Fife primary schools. (Pic: Fife Council)

Proposals to create new classrooms for children with additional support needs

Stella Maris (Pics: University of St Andrews)

St Andrews University row as rector told to stay away from graduations

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Christmas gift drive in Glenrothes

Students and guests at the presentation of the Arnold Clark scholarships (Pic: Fife College)

Arnold Clark scholarships for Fife students to ’make a real difference’

Our Pipe Band welcoming people in

Lochgelly High School Remembers

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

Thousands of UK university graduates are purportedly owed refunds on their student loan repayments

Student Loans Company overpaid by £184m - how to check your refund

The pupils will pay tribute

Rememberance event organised by pupils at Lochgelly High School

Burntisland Primary School impressed the inspectors (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Inspectors deliver ‘good’ ratings after visit to Fife primary school

Lauder Library Plaque

Fife College honours George Lauder legacy by naming library at new campus after ...

A 2018 Parliamentary investigation found that nearly half of UK children felt concerned about telling real news from fake

How to teach your kids to spot fake news

The road leading to Denend Primary School which was the subject of the exclusion zone for cars (Pic: Google Maps)

Why pilot project to ban cars from school gates failed at this Fife primary

Balwearie High School, Kirkcaldy (Pic: Fife Free Press)

How solar panels on Fife school roof could save £250,000

Scottish English Higher candidates will study at least one text by a Scottish writer

The books SQA Highers English students may have to read this year

Highly-regarded Scottish authors, playwrights, and poets feature on the list

The books in the SQA Nationals English reading list this year

EE Home Presents: The Circus faces up to half term chaos

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

How did the UK's top domestic universities fare against the world?

How the UK's top 10 universities compare on the world stage

School in Kirkcaldy to receive fruit and veg in supermarket scheme

Actor Tomm Campbell as George Lauder with invited guests and Provost Jim Leishman’ and Jim Metcalfe, principal (Pic: David Wardle)

Fife College marks 125th anniversary with historic ceremony and Lauder Lecture

The work at Lochgelly South Primary School has been completed (Pic: Fife Council)

£7m refit transforms Fife school at risk of subsidence from old mine workings

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Teachers 'thinking of quitting' over violence in schools

The latest image showed a teacher's arm with serious bruising (Pic: EIS Fife)

Two-thirds of Fife teachers consider quitting says survey on classroom violence

The EIS published a photo of a teacher's arms bruised after an attack (Pics: giovannacco/Pixabay & Fife EIS)

Fife teachers reveal ‘alarming’ level of violence from pupils – and parents