Four members of the same family have taken to teaching in Aberdeenshire and Westhill Academy head teacher Derek Thompson is proud of his two daughters who have followed in both parents’ footsteps in training to be teachers, as mum, Margaret, is a maths teacher.

Derek, 58, has been a head teacher at Westhill Academy since 1999 and his wife, and principal teacher of mathematics, Margaret, 57, has taught at the school since 1988.

Recently daughter Shona Thompson, 21, has been on a placement at The Gordon Schools, Huntly and younger sister Lisa, 19, has been developing her teaching skills on placement at Dunecht Primary School, which both she and Shona attended as a pupils.

Great news for Aberdeenshire’s Education, Learning & Leisure Service!