Up to 65 pupils with additional needs can be taught at Fairview

Youngsters have spent their first full-day at the �6.5m Fairview School in Perth.

Up to 65 pupils, aged between two and 18, who have additional support needs, can be taught at the facility.

In Angus, the official opening of Woodlands Primary has taken place. It is the first in a �50m school building programme for Carnoustie and Forfar.

Angus Council's convener of education Peter Nield said: "Following a review of the whole school estate by Angus Council it became obvious that the schools in most need of improvement were in Carnoustie and Forfar.

"I am delighted to see so many years of planning come to fruition with the first official opening of a school as part of this massive building programme.

"This programme is creating schools fit for the 21st Century, of which everyone can be proud, and which will contribute positively to education of our young people."

The Fairview School in Perth features nursery, primary and secondary classrooms which all have a hoisting system, able to allow wheelchair users to access all parts of the rooms.

It's gone very smoothly and the children have just come in and made it their own Coral Bell Fairview Headteacher

There is also a warm water pool for therapy work, a physiotherapy room, life-skills room and music and art rooms.

Headteacher Coral Bell said: "We've been so excited and looking forward to this day because of the absolutely great opportunities that this building is going to give the young people.

"It's gone very smoothly and the children have just come in and made it their own.

"It's modern, it's light, it's bright, it's very well heated, it's just got all the features you'd expect to find for the youngsters we're serving.

"The response of parents to it, they've been so positive and so pleased with what they've seen and the children are just loving it."