Education

Laconic licensed trade icon “Boabby the Barman” - actor Gavin Mitchell - has been awarded an honorary degree for a raft of little-publicised off-screen achievements.

Youngsters had a wheel-y great time learning new cycling skills at a Falkirk school-based workshop.

A group of Denny High School pupils had stars in their eyes recently when they visited the Open University’s (OU) Observatory in Spain.

A retired teacher who spent her entire 35-year career at Maddiston Primary has thanked the school for throwing her a “very special” final farewell.

Pupils and staff at Dunipace Primary School held a fitting send-off for a long-serving teacher ahead of her retirement.

A martial arts maestro has proved he has the brains to go with the brawn after being named as Denny High School’s dux for 2019.

Working parents in Falkirk could be entitled to tax-free childcare worth up to £2,000 per child every year to pay towards regulated holiday clubs during the school break.

A lack of progress on monitoring how well pupils are learning has landed a primary school in hot water with Education Scotland.

Falkirk Council schools are apparently no longer rewarding pupils who manage to achieve 100 per cent attendance throughout the entire school year.

Term time is almost up for pupils across Falkirk district with the summer holidays fast approaching.

A primary school was forced to close when sightings of rats nearby forced an “urgent inspection” of the premises.

A young Bo’ness woman is today flying to the USA for a potentially life-changing summer adventure at world-famous Harvard University.

Falkirk Council announced the closure of a Bonnybridge primary school this afternoon to carry out a “thorough inspection”.

This year’s Grangemouth High School dux is a number loving guy who has reached the very top of his academic career in secondary school.

Falkirk’s Graeme High School celebrated the continued success of its pupils in academic subjects, arts, sport and in life last week.

School summer holidays kick off across Scotland on Monday 1 July, stretching for seven weeks.

Pupils from Larbert’s Kinnaird Primary School are dab hands at digital technology and there skills have been recoginsed with an national award.