A new St John's RC Primary School will be constructed on an area of the current Portobello High School site.

The announcement was made following a meeting of the City of Edinburgh Council today (Thursday 11 December).

The report discussed by Councillors highlighted the feedback received from an eight-week consultation between September and November of this year, where parents, staff and the local community were briefed about three options for the school.

Commenting on the decision, Councillor Paul Godzik, Education Convener at the City of Edinburgh Council, said: "It's been a long time in the planning but I'm sure all parents and staff at St John's will be delighted that such an important milestone for the new school has been reached.

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"Using this site is yet another positive outcome from being able to build the new Portobello High School on Portobello Park. This allows us to take forward this project on part of the existing combined school site rather than having to move to a completely different one.

"It also creates fantastic opportunities for the area of open space that will be created on the remainder of the existing combined school site."

He continued: "Today's decision reinforces the Capital Coalition's commitment to significant further investment in the school estate. St John's has been a long-standing priority for replacement within the Wave 3 programme which is now being delivered and has been fully funded by the Capital Coalition."

It is understood the school will be part-funded through the Government's Scotland's Schools for the Future scheme, managed by Scottish Futures Trust.

(JP/IT)