Bargarran Primary School receives top marks after inspection

Pupils, teachers and families of Bargarran Primary School are celebrating getting a glowing report from Education Scotland’s inspectors The Erskine school received an excellent grade for leadership and three very good grades for learning and teaching, wellbeing and inclusion, and attainment and achievement. Headteacher Alistair Lyle is praised for his strategic direction of the... Read More

Erskine Arts sports centre lease gets green light

Erskine Arts is building for the future after councillors agreed for them to take over the lease for their current base The Renfrewshire charity have been renting space in the upper floor of the town’s community sport centre since 2021, but have been looking to make the facility a more permanent home. The group... Read More

Erskine: A Love Letter to My Home Town by Cathie Devitt

After embarking on a life in the town and never looking back, writer Cathie Devitt takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Erskine. Back in 1992, my move to Erskine was regarded with contempt by my Glaswegian family. In fact, it was as if I was emigrating to New Zealand. “There is nothing there,... Read More