Abernethy Primary School
Background
Designs are almost complete for a major upgrade to Abernethy
Primary School. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2012 and
will last for approximately 18 months, subject to statutory
approvals.
During this time the school will be upgraded and extended with new
facilities to include seven semi open-plan classrooms complete with
'media wall' storage and additional shared activity spaces,
remodelled circulation routes throughout the establishment, a range
of additional teaching spaces for class or group work and a
nursery with independent access that will accommodate 30
pupils.
The school playing field is to be levelled and the final stages of
the project will see the installation of a Multi Use Games
Area.
Consultation
Preparation and consultation for the project has been ongoing
for some time. A thorough process has included the following: -
Education & Children's Services
- Projects Manager
- School Improvement Service Manager
- Operations Manager
- Catering Manager
- ICT Support Engineer
- Fire Risk Assessor
- Senior Community Capacity Building Worker
The Environment Service, Property Division
- Construction Manager
- Senior Architect
- Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Mechanical and Electrical Specialists
Abernethy Primary School
- Head Teacher
- Senior Teacher
- Staff Representative
- Parent Council Chairperson
Members of User Reference Group
- Local Elected Members
- Community Council Representative
- School Minister
Other technical and advisory staff
- Building Standards Surveyor
- Planning Officer
- Roads Officer
- Tayside Fire Brigade
- Acoustic Consultant
- Heritage Officer
- Biodiversity Officer
- Tree and Woodland Officer
School and Pupils during the building works
During the works, staff and pupils will relocate to temporary
modular accommodation constructed on the school playing
field.
The project will be conducted in phases:
Phase 1 - scraping and levelling the playing
field, followed by the installation of the modular buildings
Phase 2 - pupils and staff will move to the
temporary school and the main construction works to upgrade the
school will take place
Phase 3 - when the main construction is complete,
staff and pupils will return to the school, allowing the modular
buildings to be removed and the Multi Use Games Area to be
installed
On 11 May 2011 an informal meeting was held in the school
to which parents/carers and neighbours were invited. The
project plans were on display and members of the design team were
on hand to answer queries. The plans may be viewed by following the
links to the right of this page.
This website will be regularly updated to provide information
on the progress of the project.
