A leading construction firm has begun work on delivering a brand new Eastwood High School in Newton Mearns.

Construction firm BAM will build the new school as a joint project with East Renfrewshire and Midlothian councils through the 'schools for the future programme' run by the Scottish Futures Trust.

The project involves building two schools – Eastwood High School in East Renfrewshire and Lasswade High School in Midlothian.

BAM were appointed to deliver the two schools and has already started work on the new Eastwood High School.

The first stage is demolition of the gym and construction of the all weather sports pitch built.


The combined project has a value of £64.3m and is expected to be complete by 2013. The cost of Eastwood High School is £28.9m.

East Renfrewshire Council’s education convener, said: "We are delighted to see work start on the new Eastwood High School. Our schools are widely regarded as being the best in the country. With this new build at Eastwood High School we will have a building to match the excellent education going on inside.

"The combined project with Midlothian Council and the Scottish Futures Trust shows what public services can do when working closely together to deliver projects of real value to local communities.

"This is a groundbreaking project which invests over £64m in our communities for the long term educational benefit of both."

East Renfrewshire Council bosses, pupils from Eastwood High School and its four associated primary schools, representatives from the Scottish Futures Trust and construction firm BAM were on hand to break ground on the building project.

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