The north’s flagship Gaelic school which went through four years of angst and soul-searching before finding a permanent head, has to now start the process again.
Inverness Gaelic School (Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis) is losing the teacher appointed to the role last November.
James Lyon took over as head at Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis in Inverness, after being acting head there for a number of months.
Parents have now been informed that he will be moving elsewhere.
When the school opened in 2007, it was the first purpose-built Gaelic-medium school in Scotland.
However, for four years, Highland Council had difficulties filling the head teacher role with the job being advertised by Highland Council eight times.
A teacher from Sweden who was acting head at the school was interviewed for the job in November 2012 but was not appointed.
In 2012, the failure to appoint the then acting head Annika Janson from Sweden to the top post, despite her being the sole candidate, led to her quitting and being given a post in an English speaking school.
Her lack of Gaelic fluency split the school community, and there was similar disquiet when Mr Lyons was appointed, as he also was someone who had learned Gaelic later in life.