Barnhill Primary School

Spending on the extension to Barnhill Primary School is set to double to almost £2 million. There is an item coming before next week's Education Committee seeking approval for a new nursery unit, gym, extended dining area and relocation of the existing car park.

I have been calling for an extension to be built at Barnhill Primary School for many years and I was pleased when at long last the arguments that had been put forward were acknowledged and the council agreed to a four classroom extension and included it in its 2012-2016 capital plan.  However at the council's budget meeting in February, mindful that other facilities would require attention to keep pace with the increased capacity, the Conservative Group proposed allocating a further £1million to the project for extending the dining area, providing a gymnasium, improving traffic management and for the refurbishment of the existing building.  The SNP administration voted down our proposal so I'm pleased to see that eight months on it has agreed that we were right and has accepted that these additional facilities are required.