Important milestone for new learning campuses in Prestwick and Maybole

South Ayrshire Council has taken another important step toward transforming learning in Prestwick and Maybole with the appointment of a contractor to build their new learning campuses.Construction firm Morgan Sindall, has been appointed via hub South West, to build both the Prestwick Educational Campus and Maybole Community Campus. Architects BDP have also been appointed to lead the design team.Just over £64 million in total will be spent on the projects to create first class learning and teaching environments for children, young people and staff as well as a number of facilities that will be accessible to the wider community.The appointment of the contractor means work on the Prestwick campus should start in the summer of 2020 with completion by the end of 2022. The campus to be built on the site of the existing Glenburn Primary School will have capacity for up to 823 children and will replace Glenburn and St Ninian’s Primary; there will also be an Early Years Centre.Work on the Maybole Community Campus should get underway next summer with completion in the spring of 2023. The new campus which will be built on the site of the existing Carrick Academy will have capacity for up to 1,370 children and young people. As well as a new secondary school, the campus serving Maybole and Carrick will bring together Cairn and Gardenrose primary schools and their Early Years Centres and there will be a new St Cuthbert’s Primary.Both early years centres will help South Ayrshire Council achieve the Scottish Government target to double early year’s childcare to 1140 hours per child by 2020.