Issue - meetings

By Councillor Lezley Marion Cameron - Liberton Primary School

“Following Council’s approval of a Motion on 12 March on the rebuilding and refurbishment of Liberton Primary School; and the subsequent onset of COVID-19 lockdown on 23 March, Council notes the recent request from LPSA to their Liberton Gilmerton Ward Councillors, seeking an update on rebuilding and refurbishing progress and timescales; and confirmation that, given COVID-19 lockdown, plans to site temporary classroom units would still happen in good time before schools reopen on 11 August.

Council requests that officers ensure Liberton Primary School parents, guardians, kinship carers and the Liberton Primary School Association to be advised and kept informed of progress to date on the siting of temporary classrooms, the refurbishment and rebuilding programme; and to be consulted with regards to the proposals and plans for the rebuilding and refurbishment of the school.

Council notes that work to install temporary units on site is ongoing as well as classroom space secured in neighbouring community centres. Officers are planning, alongside third sector partners, to ensure children have all the necessary support and facilities for the schools reopening in August, without decant to other schools.

Council agrees an update report to the Policy & Sustainability Cttee in three cycles setting out the timescale and progress made to date on the rebuilding and refurbishing of Liberton Primary School to a quality and standard which meets 2020 guidelines for class sizes and communal areas; and which also creates the necessary additional space to accommodate continually rising school rolls.”