Arbroath’s new Muirfield Primary School opened yesterday. Charlie Reid, 7, and James Smith, 6, with head teacher Mr Simon Gallon, gave it the seal approval. Picture: Mhairi Edwards.

Almost 500 children at Ladyloan and Muirfield primary schools made a fresh start as they returned to school for the spring term in Arbroath yesterday.

The schoolchildren have moved into modern recently-completed buildings which are the 99th and 100th new schools to be built in Scotland as part of the £1.8 billion Schools for the Future Programme, which is managed by the Scottish Futures Trust.

Picture: Mhairi Edwards