{"id":108866,"date":"2022-04-05T14:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=108866"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:29:44","slug":"hub-south-west-new-dumfries-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hub-south-west-new-dumfries-high-school\/108866\/","title":{"rendered":"Hub South West appointed to deliver new Dumfries High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dumfries and Galloway Council<\/a> has appointed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hubsouthwestscotland.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hub South West Scotland<\/a> to develop the new Dumfries High School as part of Phase 2 of the Scottish Government\u2019s Learning Estate Investment Programme<\/h2>\n<p>Construction of the new Dumfries High School is one of the 25 projects selected as part of phase 2 of the LEIP, and will accommodate a school roll of 796 pupils with construction on the existing site.<\/p>\n<p>The new Dumfries High School project will deliver enhanced science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics learning, embedded within the curricular offering and facilities shaped to support this and enhance the pupil experience.<\/p>\n<p>Teacher training will also be a focus of the new school, allowing opportunities for new and aspiring teachers and educationalists to develop their skills in spaces design to support their development and growth, within a real school environment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the new Dumfries High School will continue to deliver enhanced sports and PE facilities.<\/p>\n<h3>The new Dumfries High School will provide a positive learning environment for pupils<\/h3>\n<p>Gillian Brydson, director for skills, education and learning for Dumfries and Galloway Council commented: \u201cDumfries High School is already at the heart of its community &#8211; our values of ambition and respect underpin our work to achieve the highest standards in all educational experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment is an important step in providing a positive learning environment for each and every learner at Dumfries High School and supports the wider ambitions of Dumfries Learning Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;A landmark community investment&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Neil McIntyre, project management lead for Phase 2 of Dumfries Learning Town at Dumfries and Galloway Council, said: \u201cThe new Dumfries High School will be recognised as a landmark community investment which will enhance the learning experience of our young people and will be also a beacon of community sports and leisure activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;A continuing source of pride for the people of Dumfries for generations to come&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Chief executive of hub South West, Michael Ross, stated: \u201cWe are delighted to deliver this exciting new project for Dumfries and Galloway Council as its development partner and to continue our partnership with the authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing completion of the tender process that is currently underway, we expect to announce the appointment of the wider team in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new school building will achieve the highest standards of construction in line with the Scottish Government\u2019s key measures of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/building-contractors-decentralised-energy-solutions-energy-crisis\/108327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">energy consumption<\/a>, condition, digital, and economic growth and we believe that when completed it will be a continuing source of pride for the people of Dumfries for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed\u00a0hub South West Scotland to develop the new Dumfries High School as part of Phase 2 of the Scottish Government\u2019s Learning Estate Investment Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,676,3649],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-education"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hub South West appointed to deliver new Dumfries High School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed\u00a0hub South West Scotland to develop the new Dumfries High School as part of the Scottish Government\u2019s LEIP\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hub-south-west-new-dumfries-high-school\/108866\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hub South West appointed to deliver new Dumfries High School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed hub South West Scotland to develop the new Dumfries High School as part of Phase 2 of the Scottish Government\u2019s Learning Estate Investment Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hub-south-west-new-dumfries-high-school\/108866\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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