Campbeltown Grammar School

by **Kintyre Forum News** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:24 pm

What are your thoughts on the news that Campbeltown Grammar School was not included in the first part of the Scottish Government’s School Building Programme? Under the £1.25bn programme 14 secondary schools have been chosen to be rebuilt but Campbeltown isn't one of them despite being a priority for Argyll.

by **EileenH** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:25 pm

Campbeltown Grammar is literally falling to pieces. I sat in the car park waiting for my son last week and noted the windows in the gym that have been boarded up for about the last 18 months and the rotten doors at the assembly hall. I don't know how the teachers manage to work in it! My son says that when its heavy rain the gym hall floods and the janitor has to come and clear it so they can use the gym. I think we should have been at the top of the list here for a new school. What can be done to help to get us up the list though?

by **mrn** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:12 pm

I often thought when my children attended Campbeltown Grammar School about the legalities of the health and safety of the school. If the school was fit to pass these? I actually feel for the teachers too who do a wonderful job in appalling conditions. I have a friend who teaches in Helensburgh and she says is wonderful to teach there in comparison to the old Hemitage Academy.

by **Kintyre Forum News** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:01 pm

Read the report presented to the councillors about Campbeltown Grammar School at the committee and decide for yourself.

Click here to read the report now

by **bud** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:16 pm

the grammar school is a joke

miserable miserable building

by **John S** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:30 pm

The Council's Executive Committee is in Campbeltown next Thursday (burnet Building at 10.00am if you want to come and see) in order that senior councillors see for themselves the condition of Campbeltown Grammar School, as per my request. But the prospects of getting anything significant done in the current financial situation are remote, however the campaign goes on.
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by **John S** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:30 pm

The Councils Executive Committee toured Campbeltown Grammar School today to look at the condition of the building. During the summer over £1m was spent on safety measures.

by **sooze** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:37 pm

I believe that they were subjected to/enjoyed the built in showers that are featured in the school

Sooze

by **EileenH** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:04 pm

My son said they were by the stage at the Children in Need concert and the rain was pouring in. The inspector asked them to hurry up as he was getting soaked!

by **four eyes** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:47 pm

the schools been poo since it opened,the windows used to blow in all the time in the first few years etc etc.the old grammar is in better condition.

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by **Ship called Dignity** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:30 am

John S wrote:The Councils Executive Committee toured Campbeltown Grammar School today to look at the condition of the building. During the summer over £1m was spent on safety measures.

John - was there any feedback?

by **Kintyre Forum News** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:44 am

At least there is one new school being built in Argyll

NEW SCHOOL PLAN FOR ARGYLL AND BUTE

An Argyll and Bute town‘s primary school estate is set for a radical overhaul following an announcement today by the Scottish Government.

The Council submitted a proposal through the Government’s school building programme to amalgamate the three primary schools in Dunoon – Dunoon, Kirn and St Mun’s – into one new-build campus.

This afternoon, the Government announced that the plan is one of the projects which has been approved.

Argyll and Bute’s spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning, Councillor Isobel Strong, welcomed the news.

“This proposal represents an exciting and innovative solution to the challenges posed by Dunoon’s deteriorating primary school buildings,” she said.

“The evidence is that both learning and teaching are significantly boosted if they take place in modern, state of the art facilities.

“The experience we have had with our other new school buildings supports this. The feedback we have received on the campuses we have built so far – from pupils, staff and parents – has been overwhelmingly positive.

“We very much look forward to continuing to work with the Scottish Government - as well as the people of Dunoon and our other partners, including the Roman Catholic diocese of Argyll and the Isles – to move these proposals forward.

“The Council will of course be consulting with parents and all other interested parties as these plans progress.”