Inverclyde Council’s Education and Lifelong Learning Committee has been told £22.8 million will be spent on the Education Capital Programme this financial year.
The Council’s School Estate Strategy is a comprehensive programme to modernise the entire school stock either by re-building or refurbishment.
Key projects in the Capital Programme include Port Glasgow’s new £44 million Shared Campus. The contract to build it has just been awarded to GRAHAM construction and work is expected to get underway in the next few weeks. The new campus will be home to Port Glasgow High and St Stephen’s High Schools and a new Additional Support Needs (ASN) School to replace Glenburn and Lilybank Schools.
The £4 million refurbishment of the former Earnhill Primary school is nearing completion. The work includes new doors, windows, floors, wall and ceiling finishes and improvements to the main entrance and dining area. The building will be the home of the new St Andrew’s Primary, created by the merger of Sacred Heart and St Gabriel’s Primary School.
Overton Primary is also being refurbished to provide accommodation for Overton Primary School and Highlander’s Academy. The £5 million project is slightly ahead of schedule and is expected to be completed in July next year.
Work is expected to start in November on the £15 million refurbishment of the former Gourock High School building to become the new home of St Columba’s High School. It will include an additional floor to the main building and a completely new wing.
Other projects in Inverclyde’s Education Capital Programme include the £1.3 million refurbishment of the Binnie Street Community Centre in Gourock to become a new Children’s Centre and the refurbishment of the former St Laurence’s Primary School to become the new home of the Mearns Centre in Greenock.
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