Scotland’s first minister and minister for learning have officially opened two landmark secondary schools that were built under a joint council pilot and feature community assets for the wider public.
The £36.8 million Lasswade Centre in Midlothian and Eastwood High in East Renfrewshire, which cost £29 million, are the country’s first secondaries to open through the Schools for the Future building programme. The £1.25 billion scheme is due to bring 67 new primary and secondary schools across Scotland by March 2018.
From the outside the two schools look completely different but inside they are almost identical.
Lasswade High, previously rated as one of the secondary school buildings in the worst condition in Scotland, is now based in a hub that includes a swimming pool, library and sports facilities that are all open to the public. The school accommodates almost 1,500 pupils.
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