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Knockroon School in East Ayrshire
New Teaching Building in Scotland, UK ? design by Sheppard Robson
31 Jan 2017
Knockroon School
Architects: Sheppard Robson
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland
Sheppard Robson submits plans for 2,500-pupil school campus in East Ayrshire, Scotland

Sheppard Robson has submitted plans to East Ayrshire Council for the 23,000m2 Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus, one of the most innovative and exciting school projects to be procured in Scotland in recent years.
The school will house 2,500 students and 300 staff. The student facilities include a secondary school (for 1,633 pupils), a primary school (517 pupils), a nursery (240 children), an 80-place supported learning centre and 30 additional places for students with special educational requirements. Situated on a 19.8 hectare, urban fringe site ? the school consolidates five disparate schools into one campus, creating a centre for education for the towns of Cumnock and neighbouring Auchinleck.
Rupert Goddard, partner at Sheppard Robson, said: ?The designs are a result of extensive consultation with all stakeholders, including five head teachers, staff, pupils at all levels and the local community and stakeholders.
?It is this level of understanding that has allowed us to co-locate these schools, sharing resources amongst different age-groups as well as opening-up these facilities to the public...