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More than 20,000 votes were cast in a 91¶¶Òõ contest on Twitter highlighting the stunning locations of schools in Scotland

Teacher Victoria McCabe explains how using the word ‘love’ more openly in education can help both pupils and teachers

Pupils can experience a dip in attainment following the move from primary to secondary. To tackle this, some Scottish local authorities appointed specialist ‘transition teachers’ to help bridge the gap, as Emma Seith discovered in March 2019

Even in a profession in which most staff are women, the menopause has been a persistent workplace taboo. In June 2019, Emma Seith looked at how bringing it out into the open in schools can provide a huge relief for those suffering the symptoms in silence

Kingussie High motivated students by enabling them to study the subjects they were interested in – and the results spoke for themselves. In October 2018, Emma Seith spoke to outgoing head Ollie Bray about why all school leaders should take more advantage of the breadth of qualifications on offer

Permanent exclusions north of the border had been all but wiped out in February 2020, and yet they were on the rise elsewhere. Scotland looked to have set an example for the rest of the UK – but, as Emma Seith found, the statistics might not have told the full story

The annual Denny High School zombie run – an immersive event in which students are pursued through a post-apocalyptic wasteland – had become a morale-boosting rite of passage. In December 2019, Henry Hepburn travelled
to Denny to witness a nightmarish race against the living dead

Reporter Emma Seith takes a whistlestop tour through the highs, the lows and the eyebrow-raising U-turns that have defined what has turned out to have been yet another extraordinary year for all those who work in and attend Scottish schools

Emma Seith revisits a 91¶¶Òõ Scotland report from 2018 about e-Sgoil, the online school that was set up to provide pupils in isolated communities with a wider choice of subjects while also offering much-needed flexibility for teachers – and that has gone on to prove itself invaluable as a model and resource during the Covid pandemic

91¶¶Òõ Scotland may be moving from print to digital, but its unique broad-canvas approach and independent, critical voice will remain, writes Walter Humes

There was no shortage of surprises in Scottish education in 2021, but what can we expect for next year? Emma Seith looks ahead

Most primary school pupils in Scotland are offered free school meals – but it looks like older children will have to wait