Our local campaign to secure a new secondary school in Kirkliston has had a major boost after Council officials announced they had identified a possible location.
Papers for this week’s Education Committee of Edinburgh City Council show a secondary school could be built on land just to the east of the village, off Burnshot Road.
Last year, Council education officials published proposals for a new West Edinburgh High School, with an initial site located near to Gogar. Following objections from the Scottish Government, an alternative site was identified just to the east of Ratho Station on the A8.
However, many parents raised serious concerns about transporting a large number of children between Kirkliston and Ratho Station in congested commuter traffic each morning.
That is why we worked together and intervened, proposing an amendment at the Education Committee to look seriously at locating a new secondary school in or around the village. Six months on, education officials have said they have identified a possible site and are in discussions with the land owner.
We now need to progress the discussions as quickly as possible so we can end the uncertainty.