Winners of the category Active Citizienship Awards were St Helen's Primary, Condorrat Primary and Baird Memorial Primary.

Winners of the Best Enterprise Project were Whitelees Primary.

Runners up in Most Enterprising Primary School were Sykeside Primary.

Runners up in Schools for All Award were Taylor High School.

Councillor Jim Logue, Convener of Learning and Leisure services, said:  "This national recognition is a testament to the commitment and hard work being carried out in our schools and I would like to congratulate everyone involved."

The winners of the school categories were presented with a trophy, a certificate and a £1,000 cheque while the runners up received a certificate and a £500 cheque for their school.

The Scottish Education Awards were first launched in November 2001 with the specific aims of celebrating the successes and recognising the achievements taking place within Scottish education. The awards are sponsored by the Scottish Government, the Scottish Daily Record, BT Scotland and are supported by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Entry to the Awards is open to all publicly funded schools, including secondary, primary, nursery and special schools. There is a wide variety of school categories to enter which link to key policy initiatives such as International Education, Health & Wellbeing and Determined to Succeed. There are also individual categories which seek to recognise the dedication and commitment of teaching staff and education supporters.

ENDS.