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Plan for the news school

Construction work on a brand new secondary school for young people with additional support needs is starting soon.

Members at the Education Executive approved the final proposals for a new school to replace the current Carrongrange School which will be built on land next to Moray Primary School in Grangemouth. The new £17.5 million pound purpose built school is due to be completed by August 2017.

Robert Naylor, Director of Children’s Services said: “The new school will provide pupils with a welcoming and flexible learning environment across two floors and will include modern specialist classroom equipment and facilities to meet the needs of all pupils.”

The school will accommodate 190 pupils and in addition to classrooms will also feature:

  • Therapy and sensory rooms
  • A life skills training flat
  • Multi-purpose and flexible social space areas
  • Swimming and Hydro-therapy pools
  • A sensory garden
  • Pupil transport drop off zones

Fifty per cent of the cost of the new school is being provided from the Scottish Government’s ‘Schools for the Future’ programme with the remainder coming from the Council’s capital programme.