Morrison Construction's Building Central business unit has been awarded a contract to build the new Beatlie School in Livingston, on behalf of West Lothian Council and its development partner Hub South East.

The Beatlie School provides specialist education for pupils aged three to eighteen with severe and complex support and profound medical needs. The new £15m purpose-built facility, in its new location at Craigswood, will be a centre of excellence for children and young people, providing cutting-edge educational facilities.

Along with the core education facilities for nursery, primary and secondary pupils, plans for the new school will include a hydrotherapy pool, a life skills area, multi-purpose hall and sensory garden. In addition to this, the new school will also include the most up-to-date assistive technology products which are designed to help facilitate greater independence for those with mobility issues to explore their surroundings by increasing, maintaining or improving their functional capabilities.

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The new school will feature enhanced energy reduction measures and provide parent support facilities, including accommodation for partner agencies and support services including the NHS Child Development Centre (CDC), which currently support pupils throughout West Lothian. NHS Lothian is allocating around £1.5 million to the project cover the cost of the new CDC facility.

The new Beatlie School campus that is being developed with council investment and additional funding as part of the Scottish Government's Learning Estate Investment Programme is set to begin on site mid-June and is expected to be completed by late 2023.

David Ewing, Managing Director for Morrison Construction Building Central, commented: "We are delighted to be continuing our relationship with West Lothian Council and Hub South East to create another inspirational learning space for young people in the region. Working together, we have an excellent track record of creating fantastic school buildings and we look forward to adding to this at Beatlie."