The UK's loneliest primary school is to be mothballed after its last pupil left the building.

The school roll at Trossachs Primary in Brig o' Turk, in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, fell from five to zero at the end of last term.

The fate of the Victorian school, which opened in 1875, now lies in the hands of Stirling Council.

The Labour/Conservative-controlled council's education committee will next week discuss a proposal by officials to close the school temporarily, pending a final decision on its long-term future.

Permanent closure is thought almost certain to follow.

The small school has only one classroom and shares its head teacher with the much larger, ten-classroom primary school in Callander, less than seven miles away.

Trossachs' five pupils last term were already being offered some lessons at either Callander so they could learn with children of their own age.

A Stirling Council spokesman said: "As there are no children enrolled to attend Trossachs Primary School after the summer holidays, and following discussions with local parents, a report will be taken to next week's education committee to propose that it be mothballed for school session 2016/2017."

Villagers say there used to be 19 or 20 pupils at the school but over the years there has been a steady decline.

One local resident, who asked not to be named, said: "A year or two ago, parents wanted their children to have a connection with youngsters of their own age and the school went down to three days a week.

"On the other two days the children went to bigger schools, such as Callander Primary.

"Some parents later wanted to go back to five days a week at Trossachs and the council made efforts to go along with that but at the end of last term there were four or five pupils in the school, from a range of ages, and there were no new starts.

"The parents have voted with their feet and decided to send their children elsewhere."

Councillor Martin Earl said: "No one wants to see any schools close but when pupil numbers get as low as they have at Trossachs Primary School, the parents must make decisions that are in their children's best interests and if that is addressed by moving to another, larger, school then no other criteria is relevant."

He said education service officials had sought to respond to the needs of parents and pupils.

Mr Earl added: "With numbers so low I can completely understand the decision they have made."

The Brig o'Turk school would not be the first rural school in the Trossachs to be mothballed. Lochearnhead Primary and Invesnaid Primary Schools suffered the same fate in 2011.

When Inversnaid, on the banks of Loch Lomond, closed it was revealed it was costing more than £100,000 a year to keep it open for its two pupils.