Holyrood gives go-ahead to £32m Jedburgh school

Plans for a new £32 million intergenerational community campus in Jedburgh have been given the go-ahead by the Scottish Government.On Friday, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) got the green light to build the campus, and formally close the existing nursery, primary, secondary and specialist provision in the town.Both announcements mean that there are no legislatory barriers to the start of work on the Jedburgh intergenerational community campus which will replace Jedburgh Grammar, Howdenburn and Parkside primary schools, and will be located on land at Hartrigge Park.The campus will have provision for nursery, primary and secondary school children, and community facilities will include a multi-use games area, 2G hockey pitch, 3G sports pitch, running track, external changing pavilion and rural skills area.The project has seen SBC team up with development partner Hub South East Scotland, while BAM Construction is the appointed contractor.Funding for the new campus was confirmed by Deputy First Minister John Swinney in August last year, as one of four projects to share £28m from the latest phase of the Scottish Government’s £1.8 billion ‘Schools for the Future’ programme.As a result of these approvals, site clearance work will begin in the coming weeks, with tree specialists carefully removing a small number of trees affected by the plans.