Pupils to start moving into £72m Tain campus from April

Pupils are to start moving into Tain's new £72m school and community campus from next month.

The site will bring together four schools and provide education for three to 18 year olds.

Each school will retain its own identify in the new campus with some shared learning environments and facilities.

Contractor Kier Group has handed over the complex to Highland Council.

The campus will replace Tain Royal Academy, Craighill and Knockbreck primaries and St Duthus School special school.

All the sites have been deemed to be no longer fit for purpose.

Primary aged pupils will move to the school on 22 April with secondary school students joining in June.

John Finlayson, chairman of Highland Council's education committee, said completion of the school marked an "important milestone" for Tain.

Finlayson added: "I am confident this new community campus will support a high-quality learning environment, flourishing Gaelic medium provision, and wider opportunities for collaboration between the three schools and the wider community for years to come."

Under the new campus, Craighill and Knockbreck schools will merge to form the newly named Tain Primary School.

Highland Council said each school would retain its own identity in the campus, with some facilities shared.

The community campus is the first school in Highland to be Passivhaus certified because of its levels of insulation and ventilation system.

The site has sports pitches, gymnasium, hall and a dance and drama studio.