Pupils have bid a fond farewell today to Bernera School which closes until further notice after 140 years of educating residents on the island off the west coast of Lewis.
The final six pupils posed for a poignant photo on the last day.
Half are moving up to secondary and start at the Nicolson in August.
Only three children under secondary school age now live in the area. They will travel daily to Sgoil nan Loch to continue their primary education.
Officially, the school is being mothballed with an annual look at reopening if there is a rise in the numbers of children on the island.
But Bernera is very much an ageing community, hard hit by depopulation, so residents fear it will be very difficult to see the school opening again in the near future.
The school risks closing permanently if the numbers of children are too low to make it viable to restart classes.
The school in Breaclete opened in 1881.
End of an era as lessons stop at Bernera School
25 June 2021
Photo: Sandie Maciver / SandiePhotos
Final pupils in Bernera School: Ava Douglas (P7), Joseph Smith-MacInnes (P7), Donald MacLennan (P6), Rebecca MacKenzie (P4), Roseanne Smith-MacInnes (P7). Front - Carrie Douglas (P4).