Shetland Islands Council has mothballed Skerries Primary School after its last remaining pupil moved to another school.
The tiny community, to the east of the Shetland mainland is facing an uncertain future having lost its secondary department and a salmon farm which was the main source of employment in recent times.
Some families had to move off the island to find work after the salmon farm, which employed six people, closed down in spring 2015.
After the community fought off numerous attempts by the council to shut Skerries’ secondary school department, it eventually closed in July 2014.
In December last year the inter-island air service to Skerries was lost after several of the fire crew volunteers needed to man the airfield left to seek employment.
Now the loss of the primary school will see four part-time posts fall by the wayside.
Children’s services director Helen Budge confirmed the school had been mothballed, with the department not reopening following the summer holidays.
She said it was unlikely at present that there would be any pupils to enable the school to reopen in 2017/18.
“As far as we’re aware, there will be no pupils in the near future. It’s mothballed at the moment,” she said.