St Ninian’s Primary School
| Sector: | Education |
| Participant: | Stirling Council |
| Location: | Stirling |
| Capital Value: | £835m |
| Completion Date: | July 2017 |
| Contract Dates: | 20 months |
| Total Users / Residents: |
459 primary pupil capacity + 40 nursery children + school staff |
| Replacement Details: |
Redeveloping the existing school was not a viable option, so it was decided to create a new school on the same site. |
| Local Employees: |
(Q2 2017) 34.11% |
Project Information
- The project replaces the existing St Ninian’s Primary School
- new facilities provide accommodation for a maximum of 459 primary school pupils and 40 nursery children aged 3 to 5 years. The design allows for future expansion via provision of an additional four classrooms to the teaching wing to accommodate an additional 132 pupils.
- Provide a learning and teaching environment fit for the 21st century that is flexible and adaptable to keep pace with changes in education.
- Comply with Scottish Schools for the Future grant funding requirements and in particular to work within the primary school programme metrics.
- Take account of Scottish Government/CoSLA vision in ‘Building Better Schools: Investing in Scotland’s Future’ and all current/relevant standards in relation to school design/construction.
- Meet Care Inspectorate’s standards in relation to the nursery environment.
- Deliver appropriate external facilities to ensure that the ‘daily mile’ initiative can continue and all pupils can benefit from well-designed external spaces despite the restricted urban site/setting.
- Allow for welcoming and flexible use of the accommodation by the wider community after school hours.
Community Involvement
- Meet the buyer/community completed
- School safety talks
- Site visits with Forth Valley College
- Sod Cutting
- Dunblane High School student placements
- Poster competition for primary school pupils
- Nursery engagement
- Viewing portals
- Hi vis vests
- Construction talk with primary 7 & Careers talk at Stirling High School
- Meeting with Bannockburn High School to assist in curriculum activities.
- Robertson reporters
- Giant tetrahedron
- Time capsule
Key Appointments
| Principle Contractor: | Robertson Capital Projects, hub East Central Scotland, Robertson Central |
| Architect: | AHR |
| Civil & Structural Engineer: | Morgan Sindall Professional Services |
| Building Services: | Atelier Ten |
| CDM Coordinator: | Brownriggs |