Schools rezoning
Move to take pressure off packed Duncanrig
A consultation into the catchment area for an East Kilbride secondary school looks set to be carried out.
Councillors have been told ahead of an executive committee meeting today that a proposed new primary at Jackton could be realigned to Calderglen High instead of Duncanrig Secondary.
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A consultation into the catchment area for an East Kilbride secondary school is set to be carried out by South Lanarkshire Council.
Due the expansion of the East Kilbride Community Growth Area (CGA) near Jackton, the council have identified the need for a new non-denominational primary school to meet the educational needs of children in the area.
The council want to hold a statutory consultation in realigning the proposed new primary school in Jackton to Calderglen High School instead of Duncanrig Secondary, which is nearing capacity.
The current plans to develop the CGA site are for a total of 2400 housing units, generating just over 1000 pupils including nursery-aged children and primary and secondary school pupils.
A planning application for a new primary school in Jackton, funded by City Deal cash and developers’ contributions, is expected to go before the council early next year.
But a report to go before today’s executive committee meeting states that, taking account of the predicted numbers of children generated by all the existing planned housing developments in this school’s catchment area, the capacity of Duncanrig Secondary School is likely to be reached by 2022.
The proposed location of the new Jackton school is approximately three miles from Duncanrig Secondary and four-and-a-half miles from Calderglen High School by car or bus.
A number of options were considered, including building an extension to Duncanrig Secondary, but this was not deemed viable given the space on the existing site and its £13 million price tag.
Another option was realigning Duncanrig Secondary and Greenhills Primary but, given the strong links between the two schools, this option was also discounted.
The report to councillors adds: “Children who currently reside within the proposed catchment area for the new non-denominational primary school will be offered the option of enrolling at Duncanrig Secondary School (which is the case at present) or Calderglen High School (if after consultation the proposal to change the catchment area with stakeholders is approved).
“Calderglen High School has and is projected to have sufficient capacity for at least 300 additional pupils.
“The parents of pupils attending both secondary schools would be statutory consultees. Parents of and pupils in P6/7 and parents of all associated primary schools of Duncanrig Secondary School and Calderglen High School would also be consulted.”