First look at new Edinburgh high school with swimming pool and dance studio
The new Currie Community High School has now been completed with students returning for the new academic year.
Edinburgh council have branded the space as a 'state-of-the-art learning and community campus.'
Those behind the building have said the school has been designed with the interest of learners at heart. The school includes a four-court sports hall, a gym hall, fitness suite, dance studio, a Passivhaus four lane swimming pool and a 3G pitch.
The main entrance foyer includes the school library alongside informal social and meeting spaces for the community to use. These facilities include a wellness centre, meeting room and café area which has been included with the aim of providing refreshments for community users in the near future.
Currie Community Hihh has been built to Passivhaus standard, minimising energy consumption and with a green focus in mind. The school also containes two easily accessible large open plan learning plazas on all three floors.
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Designed with inclusion of all learners in mind, along with classrooms in an Integrated Support Zone, there is a sensory room and nurture room. Breakout and retreat spaces throughout the school offer pupils choice on where they want to work, socialise or take time out.
Children, Education and Families Convener, Councillor James Dalgleish, said: 'The handover of Currie High School marks a new era for staff and pupils alike, as well as the local community, and it's fantastic to see that the new school building is officially open.
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'The new school has been designed with future proofing and sustainability front and centre. The design and landscape was informed and influenced by the school's senior leadership team to ensure that the needs of pupils were prioritised throughout. Alongside this, it was crucial that the building met our sustainability commitments, and it is fantastic that the school is one of the very first Passivhaus secondary schools in Scotland. I am thrilled that the school and wider community will benefit from this fantastic new building both now and well into the future.'
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