Shawfair Community Campus: New School & Sports Facility

0:00Mid-Lothian Council is proposing a new community campus in Shaw Fair that could open as early as 2028. It would include a nursery, primary school, and secondary school, plus sports pitches and an athletics track. The plans aimed to serve growing local needs and would shift catchment areas for hundreds of pupils north of the bypass. This change would redraw boundaries for Dander Hall Primary School and Dao Keith High School, with some zones west of Miller Hill Road and north of. Called Coats Road, staying with Dander Hall, while others moved to the new Shaw Fair Primary. Puebles from Kings Park Primary, Woodburn Primary, and Pinewater Primary might also see adjustments. Local families could feel the biggest impact, as kids in the new zones would attend the campus once built. The council wants resident input through an online survey and drop-in sessions with feedback due by May 21st. The site sits east and north of Shaw Fair Train Station in the town center. It would hold over 1,400 students from 20 spots for two-year-olds

1:02to 900 secondary places, featuring a library, cafe, multipurpose hall, gains hall, three sports pitches, basketball courts, and a six-lane track, plus outdoor learning areas. Children starting Primary 1 or Secondary 1 in August 2027 in the new catchment would get hosted spots in nearby schools until the campus opens. This consultation shapes how education grows in the area for years ahead. This has been Edinburgh News Today, powered by AI.