Building work has been completed on a £42million High School building in Lossiemouth.

Following pandemic-related delays, staff and pupils have taken up residence in the new three-storey school, which can accommodate up to 800 pupils, after 42 years in their old building.

The campus, jointly funded by Moray Council and Scottish Futures Trust, incorporates community facilities, a swimming pool, library, games hall and 3G sports pitch in an area the size of Trafalgar Square. Hub North Scotland developed and delivered the project with construction undertaken by Balfour Beatty.

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Accommodation in the building is arranged around a central, double-height social and performance space. There are three learning plazas which can be used flexibly as breakout spaces for group work or year groups or, for example, carrying out STEM projects.

Project Director for Hub North Scotland, Ewen Fowlie, said: "This has been a brilliant team effort in the face of some challenging conditions, due to covid-19, to deliver a wonderful facility which will be enjoyed by the Lossiemouth community for years to come.

"Not only has it resulted in a fantastic building, but it also created wider community benefits including 20 new jobs, employment for four new graduates, two new apprentices and 12 existing apprentices along with £23 million of work for Scottish small and medium-sized businesses."

The next phase of construction will see the demolition of the existing school and community building and completion of new parking, the 3G sports pitch and landscaping. The new community facilities are due to open to user groups on 26 April in-line with Scottish Government Covid-19 restrictions lifting.