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Schools Colleges  >  Resources Management (Schools Colleges)  >  Heathryburn School

Heathryburn School

Northfield West.  There will be a new nursery to P7 primary school for up to 198 pupils on a new site at Davidson Drive, which will have a community facility and an all-weather pitch.

Middlefield School, Smithfield School and Marchburn School are being combined, and replaced with two new schools, one at Davidson Drive (Northfield West) and one on the site of the existing Middlefield School (Northfield East).

• Projected combined roll of proposed Northfield schools at 2010: 378 pupils (2003 based forecasts)
• Combined Northfield schools design capacity: 450 pupils
• Northfield West capacity: 198 pupils

View the Northfield West Proposal & artist's impression

Proposed new Northfield catchment zones

 

General Design Notes

Features

Each primary school will serve pupils from nursery to primary 7, with two nursery classrooms being provided as standard.

Each new primary school will have an all-weather pitch in accordance with sportscotland recommendations.

Provision has been made at each school for the building to be extended where it is thought possible for the school roll to grow beyond its nominal designed capacity, given pupil roll forecasts at the time.

Each school will be provided with a fully equipped cooking kitchen for the on-site preparation of school meals to support the Scottish Executive's "Hungry for Success" recommendations for school catering.

Sustainability

Each school will have the following sustainability features:

- Natural light

- Natural ventilation

- Rain water harvesting

- Scandinavian standards of insulation

- Lighting management system linked to ambient levels of daylight

- Energy generation at each school

- Airtight buildings

- Use of glulam timber frames and timber cladding (primary schools)

- Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS)

Community

Each school is being provided with community facilities to suit the needs of the local area, taking into account other local provision.  These community facilities will be accessible by members of the community during schools hours as well as at other times of the day.  Provision has been made for the buildings to be open and accessible to meet the current pattern of use.  Areas of the building not used after school can be locked to minimise energy consumption and prevent unauthorised access.

External spaces

Great care will be taken in the design of external spaces around the schools to provide safe, stimulating places for kids' play, spaces for kids to gather, and spaces where teaching an learning can take place out of doors.

All schools will have sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) to reduce storm water run-off to water courses and public sewers

 

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