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Schools in Moray set for £8.8 million council investment


By Jonathan Clark

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MORAY Council is set to invest £8.8 million in improving school buildings in the next financial year.

Almost £5 million of this is dedicated to new-build projects, with £4.1 million for the new Lossiemouth High School, and £378k and £340k for Linkwood and Findrassie primary schools respectively.

Fourteen other schools, including Applegrove Primary, will see works to the value of around £4 million, including drainage, heating system and water replacements, rewiring, roofing and external rendering. This includes work which was scheduled to be carried out in 2019/20, but was delayed due to the pandemic.

Applegrove Primary School in Forres.
Applegrove Primary School in Forres.

Sonya Warren, the chairwoman of the children and young people's committee, said: “We know there are significant improvements needed to our learning estate to provide the best possible learning environments.

Forres Councillor Aaron Mclean with his daughter at her school - Applegrove Primary. Picture: Daniel Forsyth..
Forres Councillor Aaron Mclean with his daughter at her school - Applegrove Primary. Picture: Daniel Forsyth..

"Wide-scale and meaningful engagement is planned on how this looks in 10-20 years from now as part of our aspirational and investment-driven £300 million learning estate strategy.

"Meanwhile it’s hugely important that we continue to invest in our school buildings so that, for our current learners, they are as close to BB standard for suitability and condition as we can achieve within the resources we have available.”



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