Morrison to build steel-framed Ayrshire campus

East Ayrshire Council has signed up Morrison Construction to construct a new £59M learning and enterprise campus in Cumnock.

The project is said to be one of Scotland’s largest and most ambitious education projects through a two-stage design and build process.

The 23,200m² Barony Campus will house 2,500 students and 300 staff in the Broomfield area of Cumnock.

Designed by Sheppard Robson, the student facilities include a secondary school (for 1,633 pupils), a primary school (517 pupils), a nursery (240 children), an 80-place supported learning centre and 30 additional places for students with special educational requirements.

Situated on a 19.8 hectare site – the school consolidates five disparate schools into one campus, creating a centre for education for the towns of Cumnock and neighbouring Auchinleck.

The complex consists of four linked steel-framed structures up to three-storeys high, three school pavilions and a sports centre.