Midlothian Council will meet on Thursday 20 May to consider the options proposed following the public consultation on Midlothian Schools
Plus Programme.
The report details each of the recommendations from the original report (in bold below) and lists further options which have emerged
following public consultation. In summary these options are:
Borthwick and Temple Primaries to close and pupils relocate to Stobhill in August 2004
New options:
Borthwick and Temple schools close but pupils remain in their current schools until the new Stobhill school is built
A new school is provided at Middleton for Borthwick and Temple catchment areas and pupils remain at their current schools until this is
built
No action is taken.
Cranston Primary be closed and pupils relocated to Pathhead in August 2004
New options:
Cranston be closed but pupils remain in their current school until the new Pathhead Primary is built
No action is taken.
Cousland Primary be closed and pupils relocated to Woodburn in August 2004 then to a new primary school scheduled to be built at
the Dalkeith Schools Community Campus
New options:
Cousland be closed but pupils remain in their current school until Woodburn is refurbished or the new school is built
Cousland remains open until a new school is completed in Pathhead to serve Pathhead, Cousland and Cranston
No action is taken.
Howgate Primary be closed with pupils being relocated to Cuiken in August 2004
New options:
Howgate be closed and pupils relocate to Cornbank St James
No action is taken.
Pathhead Primary be replaced with a new PPP building
New options:
New Pathhead school should include pupils from Cranston and Cousland and serve the greater Tynewater community
No action be taken.
Stobhill Primary be replaced with new PPP building
New options:
The replacement Stobhill school should include pupils from Borthwick and Temple
Stobhill be replaced by a new PPP building, without Borthwick and Temple pupils
Gorebridge Primary be replaced with new PPP building
No new options
Woodburn Primary be refurbished and extended using capital funds, including Thornybank Nursery
New options:
Refurbish Woodburn without nursery provision and Thornybank Nursery stay open
No action be taken.
Bonnyrigg Primary be refurbished and extended using capital funds, including Cockpen Nursery
New option:
Bonnyrigg Primary be refurbished without nursery provision and Cockpen Nursery remains open.
Cuiken Primary be refurbished using capital funds, including Cuikenburn Nursery
New option:
Cuiken Primary be refurbished without nursery provision and Cuikenburn Nursery remains open.
Bryans and Langlaw Primaries be merged and located in a new PPP building
New options:
Merged school be located at Bryans Primary
Merged school be located at Langlaw Primary
Merged school be located at a new greenfield site (yet to be identified)
Loanhead Primary and St Margaret's Primary be replaced by new PPP schools on a shared campus
New options:
Loanhead and St Margaret's Primaries to be replaced by new PPP schools on a site suitably located in Loanhead
Loanhead is replaced by a new PPP building
No action is taken in respect of St Margaret's
No action is taken in respect of Loanhead.
Eastfield and Ladywood Primaries be merged and replaced with a new PPP building, including Strathesk Nursery
New options:
Merged school be located at Eastfield
Merged school be located at Ladywood
Merged school be located on the site currently occupied by Edinburgh Crystal
No action be taken regarding Strathesk Nursery.
Speaking on the procedures for the meeting, Councillor Adam Montgomery said:
"Our business practice would normally be for this issue
to be discussed by the seven members of the Midlothian Council Cabinet but because of the significance of this issue we will be referring
the report to the full council scheduled for 2.00 pm on Thursday 20 May. We will be offering representatives from the affected schools the
opportunity to make a short presentation to the Council to summarise their views. The Council takes its responsibility on deciding the
future of our education provision very seriously. We will be considering this new report, taking into account the many discussions we have
had with representatives from schools and communities throughout Midlothian."
The full report is available on Midlothian Council's website at www.midlothian.gov.uk
