Here at Tes Scotland , we publish weekly, in-depth features covering a huge range of issues. Typically, we visit a school or schools where something particularly innovative, interesting or just downright quirky is going on, and spend time getting a real sense of what it’s like to teach and learn there.

In 2019, these features, available to Tes Scotland subscribers, explored some of the best practice inside Scottish schools with a level of insight and detail - each article is up to 3,000 words - that you’ll find nowhere else.

And this year, “eclectic” does not do justice to the range of issues we have covered, including: the menopause, teddy bears and trauma, zombies, poverty-proofed proms, animal cruelty, the parents who go to school, men in nurseries, and a school battling to overcome its poor reputation.

What unites these pieces is the time, care and attention we have put into each one: there’s no better way to get a sense of the sheer scope of what’s going on in Scottish schools today than by reading these features each week.

For now, enjoy the best of 2019 (see below). And we promise to bring you an equally compelling mix of features in 2020.

• School proms: how to tackle the stigma of poverty
• How fleeing zombies became a school tradition
• The Glasgow school using play to boost literacy and numeracy
• What do pupils want from a teacher?
• Does ‘bring your parent to school day’ engage families?
• Into the wild: how outdoor learning can transform education
• What can a school with a ‘tough’ reputation do to shrug off prejudice?
• Tackling animal cruelty among children
• How one Scottish school beat the bullies - by talking to them
• Training teachers to ‘transform’ education
• Breaking down borders in CPD
• The ‘teddy bear schools’ transforming behaviour management
• Should primary pupils transition to secondary school earlier?
• Does play-based learning work beyond early years?
• The menopause is real, so why don’t we talk about it?
• Should schools have longer lunch breaks?
• How one school achieves 99% positive destinations
• Data: the school where pupils control their digital destiny
• A new breed of special school
• ‘Listen to pupil voice - your school will be better for it’
• How two schools are tackling child poverty head-on
• Why we need school-based counselling
• Early warning: we need more men in nurseries
• Somewhere, cover the LGBTI rainbow