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  • Midlothian Council Labour Group

    MIDLOTHIAN COUNCIL MEETING 20 MAY 2004
    Item 6: MIDLOTHIAN SCHOOLS STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIMARY AND NURSERY

    MOTION BY LABOUR GROUP

    Council Agrees:

    1) 1.2 That Stobhill Primary School be replaced by a school procured under Public Private Partnership
    2) 2.1 That Gorebridge Primary School be replaced with a new building procured under Public Private Partnership
    3) new option That Borthwick Primary school be closed. Subject to securing appropriate funding, a new school is to be provided at Middleton incorporating pupils in the Borthwick and Temple catchment areas and that pupils should remain at Borthwick Primary School until the new school is completed.
    4) new option That Temple Primary school be closed. Subject to securing appropriate funding, a new school is to be provided at Middleton incorporating pupils in the Borthwick and Temple catchment areas and that pupils should remain at Temple Primary School until the new school is completed.
    5) 5.1 That Woodburn Primary School be refurbished and extended using Capital funds to include Thornybank Nursery School.
    6) 6.1 That Thornybank Nursery School be relocated to a refurbished Woodburn Primary School.
    7) 7.3 That Bryans and Langlaw Primary Schools be merged and replaced by a school procured under Public Private Partnership and sited on a new greenfield site.
    8) 8.1 That Bonnyrigg Primary School be refurbished and extended using Capital funds to include Cockpen Nursery School.
    9) 9.1 That Cockpen Nursery School be relocated to a refurbished Bonnyrigg Primary School.
    10) 10.1 That Loanhead Primary School be replaced by a new building procured under a Public Private Partnership on a shared campus with St Margaret's RC Primary School on the existing Loanhead Primary School site.
    11) 11.1 That St Margaret's RC Primary School be replaced by a new building on a shared campus with Loanhead Primary School procured under Public Private Partnership on the existing Loanhead Primary School site.
    12) 12.3 That Eastfield and Ladywood Primary Schools be merged and replaced with a new building procured under Public Private Partnership and sited on the Edinburgh Crystal site to include Strathesk Nursery School.
    13) 13.1 That Strathesk Nursery School be relocated to a merged Eastfield/Ladywood Primary School.
    14) 14.1 That Cuiken Primary School be refurbished using Capital funding and extended to accommodate Cuikenburn Nursery School.
    15) 15.1 That Cuikenburn Nursery School be relocated to a refurbished Cuiken Primary School.
    16) 16.1 That Howgate Primary School be closed with pupils being relocated to Cuiken Primary School for August 2004.

    (If parents wish to seek a place for their child at Cornbank St James Primary School for August 2004 it should be noted that such a request will be granted.)
    17) 17.2 That the Council submit to Scottish Ministers for their consent that Pathhead Primary School be replaced by a new building procured under Public Private Partnership to include pupils from Cranston and Cousland Primary Schools.
    18) 18.2 That Cranston Primary School be closed but that pupils remain at the school until the new school at Pathhead is completed.
    19) 19.3 That Cousland Primary School be closed but that pupils remain at the school until a new school is completed at Pathhead to serve Pathhead, Cranston and Cousland.

    In relation to items 3, 4, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 19 that appropriate additional consultation is carried out.

    Moved: Adam Montgomery

    Seconded: Peter Boyes

    20 May 2005

    MRSAG comment : note that the document is signed and dated 20 May 2005!

    Last Updated : 30 March 2005