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.
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
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
|
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.