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15/12/2023

Plans Submitted To Develop New Nairn Academy

Plans have been submitted to a replacement secondary school, car parking, sports pitches and demolition of the existing Nairn Academy.

Balfour Beatty has been appointed as the design and build contractor and Reiach And Hall Architects are The Highland Council's agents working in conjunction with the Council's in-house Property teams to deliver the project.

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A replacement school building for Nairn Academy was included in Phase 2 of the Scottish Government's Learning Estate Investment Programme announced in December 2020, and funding for the project is included in the reprofiled capital programme approved by Council in January 2021.

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