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==Education== [[File:Plockton High School - geograph.org.uk - 7341675.jpg|thumb|left|[[Plockton High School]] in the village]] Plockton is home to [[Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd]] - the National Centre For Excellence in Traditional Music at [[Plockton High School]], which also serves the village and a wide surrounding area. The school also hosts the Am Bàta project, teaching pupils in the art of boat building, from which a number of 'local' style boats have been produced. Some have been donated to the local sailing club - Plockton Small Boat Sailing Club - whilst others have been sold to the public. Plockton was home between 1956 and 1972 to the Gaelic scholar [[Sorley MacLean]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sorley MacLean Official Website|url = http://www.sorleymaclean.org/english/plockton.htm|website = www.sorleymaclean.org|access-date = 2016-01-14|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130118051410/http://www.sorleymaclean.org/english/plockton.htm|archive-date = 18 January 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref> (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) whilst headmaster at the high school, who introduced the teaching of [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] and championed [[shinty]]. Since 1991 Plockton Primary School has accommodated a [[Gaelic medium education in Scotland|Gaelic-medium education]] unit (GMU), where instruction is through the medium of Gaelic. 24.4% of the population in the catchment area of Plockton Primary School reports being able to speak Gaelic – the highest incidence of Gaelic-speaking on the mainland of Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.linguae-celticae.org/dateien/Gaidhlig_Local_Studies_Vol_10_A_Chomraich_Loch_Aillse_Ed_II.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060510000007/http://www.linguae-celticae.org/dateien/Gaidhlig_Local_Studies_Vol_10_A_Chomraich_Loch_Aillse_Ed_II.pdf|url-status = usurped|archive-date = 10 May 2006|title =Taobh Siar Rois: A'Chomraich, Loch Carrann & Loch Aillse}}</ref>
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