Sgoil nan Loch
 Sgoil nan Loch aerial photo
Sgoil nan Loch (Lochs School) on the Isle of Lewis, beyond Skye off the west coast of Scotland, was opened in August 2001. It serves the area of North Lochs. The closure of three primary schools and of one 5-14 school, all of which had been serving their own small communities, and the move to a new facility, albeit in a superb building, were not without some pain and stress.
However, the new school is building on the histories and strengths of its predecessors, not least through inheriting many pupils and staff from them. Historically, the Isle of Lewis has been a very close knit community with most people knowing, or knowing of, each other. Most of our pupils know each other very well indeed. Many of the families in our school are related to each other either closely or distantly and their lives have been interwoven and touched by these relationships over the generations. This makes the building of a supportive community within the school that much easier, although it can never be taken for granted.
Our core pupil population comprises 120 pupils from Nursery to S2. Staffing is as follows: Head Teacher, Depute Head Teacher, 1 Principal Teacher, 4 full-time Primary and 1 full-time Secondary teachers, 14 part-time and peripatetic teachers, a playleader and an assistant playleader, 1 classroom assistant and 6 full-time auxiliaries, 2 of whom work with our pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. Our support staff, vital to the well-being of all, comprises our school secretary, janitor, 2 canteen staff and 4 cleaners. In addition, there are 3 more staff and 10 more children who visit the Multi-sensory Environment within the school.
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