Calum Petrie writes features about schools, education, and family matters. He has been a journalist with the Press & Journal since 2018. A father of three, Calum is very much in the children 'bubble', and with kids at secondary, primary and nursery, has all bases covered when it comes to the education system in Scotland. Email calum.petrie@pressandjournal.co.uk to get in touch
Calum Petrie: Aberdeen Council cuts cheating young people out of future they deserve
August 24, 2023
Aberdeen school among top-performing in the world
August 22, 2023
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Gallery: Your primary one pictures from across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
August 22, 2023
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Brave Aberdeen boy who wasn’t expected to survive birth starts Bucksburn Academy
August 22, 2023
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Gallery: Your primary one pics across the Highlands and Moray
August 15, 2023
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Elgin girl who spent much of S1 hospitalised with rare condition starts S2
August 15, 2023
Calum Petrie: Union Square louts need dealt with before it becomes a no-go zone
From Brazil to Aberdeen: Albyn School pupil overcomes the odds
August 10, 2023
From Robert Gordon’s College to Princeton and Cambridge for exam stars
August 9, 2023
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‘Inspirational’ Albyn School pupil wins place at world’s highest-ranked university
August 9, 2023
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Best exam results in two decades: Meet the record-breaking St Margaret’s pupils
August 9, 2023
Elgin High School pupil celebrates some of best exam results in Scotland
August 8, 2023
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Exam results day: Nervous wait over for thousands of Aberdeen pupils
August 8, 2023
Pip-pip, onk-onk! In the Night Garden comes to Aberdeen
August 7, 2023
Calum Petrie: The generational gap has never been so big
August 5, 2023
Calum Petrie: State interference in parenting has gone too far
July 22, 2023
Lochside Academy trains 1,000th pupil in CPR
July 18, 2023
‘Shellshocked’ Slains School parents fight council plan to reduce whole school to one class
July 6, 2023
Aberdeen IVF solo mum says choosing a donor was ‘like online dating’
July 5, 2023
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‘Families are in crisis’, new Aberdeen autism group chief says
July 4, 2023
Aberdeen school secures new principal from Lego HQ in Denmark
June 30, 2023
Jump In to kids’ heaven — but this Aberdeen trampoline park isn’t the cheapest for the grown-ups
June 22, 2023
Aberdeen dad accuses council of depriving autistic son of education
June 21, 2023
‘I wanted to make sense of my brother’s death’: Sister of tragic north-east kayaker on new book
June 18, 2023