The ASN Reference Group met on Friday 25th August regarding our new school build. The group is made up of officers from North Ayrshire Council’s design team, parent council members, senior managers and elected members. The vision for the new school build is:

Nurture, Equity and Achievement

As well as a new school, a proposal for a respite/residential facility has been put forward for approval. This has not yet been approved but if it is not approved the new school design will incorporate it as the funding may well be secured at a later stage.

The design is very much still in the early stages with planned visits to new builds continuing to help us identify what we want and what we do not want in our school build. Robin Knox shared some information about 3 visits that were carried out prior to the holidays to Hazelwood school, Kilpatrick school and Riverbrae school in Johnstone. As well as discussing progress made to date, it was agreed that there would also have to be a focussed piece of work planned regarding the design of the external space. The representative parents are very keen that we get this aspect right as well as the building itself.

To keep our parents and partners informed we will add a category onto our school website to upload the most up-to-date information about how plans are progressing. Meantime, if you require any information, please do not hesitate to contact myself, Paul McIvor or Lesley Ward.