A teacher has finally been found for the Ross of Mull’s new Gaelic school, after the Home Office denied a visa to the only applicant from Canada.
Bunessan Primary School’s new Gaelic teacher, Sarah Gillies from the Isle of Lewis, began teaching four pupils at the start of this term, after a two-year saga that made national headlines.
The school, which educates around 40 pupils, provides English and Gaelic-medium education following a request by Ross of Mull and Iona Comann nam Pàrant group in 2016. The job for a new Gaelic teacher was advertised in summer 2017, when three primary pupils were due to start, followed by another in 2018.