Consultation under way for planned £50m Monifieth High replacement

A public consultation into the proposed replacement for Monifieth High School has opened.

Angus Council is looking for people’s views on the proposed £50 million new school which, all going to plan, could be built by summer 2025.

The local authority secured Scottish Government funding for a replacement campus last December. The current school was built in the late 1970s and opened in August 1979. It is currently rated ‘C’ for suitability.

A survey carried out on the existing building by construction company Thomson Gray found that inefficient heating systems, limited accessibility and poor ventilation among issues.

With 1,124 pupils, the school is also over the capacity it was designed for of 1,060 children.

The planned Monifieth learning campus is to offer an enhanced learning and teaching experience for approximately 1,200 young people.

It is also proposed the new campus “will strengthen the senior phase offer, allowing even more of a focus on skills and industry recognised qualifications.”

The initial consultation phase involves key groups in addition to the open community consultation.

These include community groups, children and young people of Monifieth High and cluster primaries, parent/ carers of Monifieth High and cluster primaries, school staff and other public bodies with interest in the development. The survey runs until midnight on April 21.

Angus Council is seeking views on new school plans.