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Written Question · S2W-18439 · Session 2

Whether it will list all schools which were (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) refurbished in each year since 1975, broken down by sector.

Answered Asked by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Con Lodged 15 Aug 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all schools which were (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) refurbished in each year since 1975, broken down by sector.

The answer

Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 Sep 2005 · 29 days after it was lodged, 1 day after it was due

Systematic information on the opening and closing of schools was not collected before June 1995. The following tables provide details of primary, secondary and special schools opened and closed between June 1995 and July 2005. Both local authority and independent schools are included as well as schools that have merged to form new schools or have moved site. The information has been derived from information collected annually by the Scottish Executive Education Department on the opening and closing of schools.
Local authorities are responsible for the management of school buildings, and the Scottish Executive does not collect detailed information from them on the wide range of school building projects they carry out. Such information as we do have indicates that between April 1999 and December 2004 local authorities progressed more than 400 capital projects on existing school buildings involving over £250k in a primary school and £500k in a secondary school.
Table 1: Primary Schools Opened, by Year
Education Authority Area
| School

1995
|

Highland
| Gairloch Primary School

Perth and Kinross
| Alyth Primary School

1996
|

Dundee City
| St Luke’s and St Mathew’s RC Primary School

Dundee City
| Newfields Primary School

East Lothian
| Stoneyhill Primary School

Highland
| Kirkhill Primary School

North Ayrshire
| Caledonia Primary School

South Ayrshire
| Wellington School
*

Stirling
| Newton primary School

1997
|

Dundee City
| Sidlaw View Primary School

Fife
| Bellyeoman Primary School

1998
|

Aberdeen City
| Newhills Primary School

Edinburgh City
| St Margaret's School
*

1999
|

Aberdeen City
| Charleston School

Eilean Siar
| Lewis Independent Christian School
*

Glasgow City
| Iqra Academy
*

Glasgow City
| Glasgow Gaelic Primary School

Inverclyde
| Cedars School of Excellence
*

North Lanarkshire
| Alexander Peden Primary

2000
|

Angus
| Rosemount Primary School

Highland
| Strathpeffer Primary School

North Ayrshire
| Lawthorn Primary School

North Lanarkshire
| St Margaret of Scotland Primary School

2001
|

West Lothian
| Livingston Village Primary School
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-18439 by reference.