‘Challenging task’ to double Dundee children’s nursery hours by 2020
With Holyrood pledging to almost double the number of nursery hours children receive by 2020, Councillor Gregor Murray says Dundee faces challenges to make sure the city is ready.
Gregor Murray
Youngster charged after man hurt in ‘serious assault’ outside Dundee school
A teenager has been charged in connection with an alleged serious assault outside a Dundee school.
Man, 50, ‘assaulted by Dundee school pupils in broad daylight’
Police have launched an investigation after a man was left with a broken cheekbone after allegedly being set upon by a gang of Dundee school children in broad daylight.
‘Rank complacency’ claim as Dundee schools struggle to fill teaching jobs
Dundee’s children and families services convener has been accused of “rank complacency” over the local authority’s struggle to recruit science and maths teachers.
Dundee teachers could go on strike over class sizes
Bosses of the largest teachers’ union in Scotland warned today there could be strike action in Dundee amid a row over class sizes.
Education row as Dundee kids forced to be taught in over-capacity city schools
Classrooms in Dundee schools are full to bursting — with one school 51 pupils over capacity.
Complaints made over row in front of kids at new Dundee school
A row has broken out over claims of a “shouting and screaming” match between a city councillor and a minister in front of children at the opening of a new school in Dundee.
Waiting is almost over for 3,000 Dundee school pupils awaiting exam results
Thousands of school pupils across Dundee face an anxious wait ahead of their exam results being revealed this morning.
School dinners in Dundee boom with young folk munching wraps, Asian and Mexican cuisine
More children in Dundee are eating school dinners — with youngsters tempted by free meals and trendy new street food.
Dundee council equality chief under fire after branding women’s group ‘absolute roasters’ on Twitter
Dundee City Council’s equalities spokesman has been embroiled in an online row in which the councillor branded a women’s group “absolute roasters”.