http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Five new primary schools to be built amid influx" en Fri, 15 May 2026 23:58:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12998#post-157115 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:15:38 +0000 gembo 157115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Schools were merged in muirhouse, six to three plus the RC school, one school was closed in wester hailes, one in burdiehouse, one in currie and bonnington became the Gaelic school which is used by people who want their children taught in Gaelic by P7 and live in east of Scotland</p> <p>All schools closed due to very low rolls. The only area mentioned in the article that may have to be revisited is Curriie. Even the RHS that features prominently in the article is not full next year.</p> <p>There is a large population of polish (and some other Eastern European) migrants but the children are all young. Will be some time before he bulge hits secondary (assuming the children stay in this country).</p> <p>Building new housing estates designed to attract families will require new schools at the primary stage. Some secondaries are more full than others and some of this is out of catchment.</p> <p>The council is aware of populations and there are migration and fertility predictions the main issue is that the children are not uniformly spread across the age ranges. Building new developments seems to result in creating more starter families thus pressure on nursery and P1.</p> <p>There is some drop off also at the s1 stage to merchant schools </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12998#post-157091 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:55:02 +0000 crowriver 157091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, ludicrously short sighted. Of course, some schools were in the 'wrong' areas. A number of schools have new extensions due to certain areas becoming popular with families (eg. Towerbank in Portobello).</p> <p>Some schools which were originally slated for closure are now growing almost to point of capacity.</p> <p>Lots of different reasons: mini 'baby boom', inward migration of families to Edinburgh amongst them. Also families living in the centre instead of moving to the 'burbs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12998#post-157059 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:37:49 +0000 chdot 157059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>CATCHMENT areas at 16 city schools are set to be redrawn – and up to five new primaries built – to cope with an influx of thousands of extra pupils from a <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12945">major bout of housebuilding over the next decade</a>.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/five-new-primary-schools-to-be-built-amid-influx-1-3447323" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/five-new-primary-schools-to-be-built-amid-influx-1-3447323</a></p> <p>It's only 7 years since CEC (previous administration) was trying to shut 16 schools. They managed 4 (plus 2 not on the list!) one reopened as the Gaelic school - after expensive refurb (partly due to it being left empty) and another set to re-open almost immediately -</p> <p>"<br /> <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/fort-school-to-reopen-just-two-years-after-closure-as-pupil-numbers-soar-1-2543716 ">MP Mark Lazarowicz wrote to director of education Gillian Tee and local 
councillors in 2009 warning that the proposed closure did not take into account future population trends in the area.</a></p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://stopedinburghschoolclosures.wordpress.com/schools" rel="nofollow">http://stopedinburghschoolclosures.wordpress.com/schools</a> </p>