£44 million North Ayrshire campus plans reach financial close

Plans for the new Largs Campus in North Ayrshire have taken a major step forward in recent weeks as contracts have been signed and formal financial close has been achieved on the project.The new facility will amalgamate the existing St. Mary’s Primary, Brisbane Primary and Kelburn Primary and will also include Largs Academy, accommodating 1200 secondary pupils, 820 primary pupils and a 100 place early years nursery.The £44 million campus will be provided by North Ayrshire Council through the Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme, managed by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT). The project will be delivered by hub South West Scotland via a Design, Build, Finance and Maintain contract (DBFM), with construction works being undertaken by Morrison Construction.The Largs Campus will include principle learning plazas both secondary and primary, forming the heart of the campus, and will also feature a synthetic 7 aside pitch and a multi-use games area.The site of the new facility will be next to Sportscotland’s Inverclyde base, with ongoing partnership meaning pupils will have access to some of their top-class sporting facilities. Completion of the new Largs Campus is scheduled for February 2018.