Schooling in Scotland

This section of our website is designed to give you access to a wide range of information on a range of topics related to the study of life & culture in the West Highlands. Click on the links below to view notes on your area of interest. Origins of the Scottish Education System Schools in 17th Century Scotland Schooling in the Lochaber District; 1950s & 60s All the information within these pages was derived from the undernoted sources, all of which are represented in the Archive of the West Highland Museum. Third Statistical Account of Scotland Volume XVI (Parish of Kilmallie & the Small Isles) Moral Statistics of the Highlands & Islands and the State of Education, published 1826. Schools in the Parishes of Kilmallie & Kilmonivaig in the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries; written by G.C.MacCallum Lochaber High School Magazine; Published 1960 The Archive can be viewed by appointment by West Highland Museum Members. For information about Membership of the Museum, please see our membership page.