New schools proposed for Wick
The Wick joint campus
- Wick joint campus - drawings and plans
- Stakeholder group minutes
- Newsletters
- Design, Build, Finance and Maintain (DBFM) Contract
Safer routes to school proposals
- Presentations
- The Assessment of Pedestrian Crossings
- Road Traffic Order Process
- Wick campus Travel Plan
The new Wick High School will consist of:
- General classrooms - all to a very high standard of ICT provision with new furnishings
- Specialist facilities for art and design, physical education, music, drama, home economics, business and computer education, technology and science
- Specialist vocational provision for practical craft skills, professional cookery and hair and beauty
- Specialist provision for assisted support needs
- Collaborative and cooperative break out space to promote a variety of teaching methods
- Hall as part of flexible use space
- Kitchen, dining and café facilities
- One full sized synthetic pitch
- One large grassed area, with 2 full sized football pitches, 400m running track, rugby pitch
- Car and cycle parking, drop off area and bus bays
East Caithness community facilities
This facility will be managed and operated by High Life Highland (HLH), who will also manage community access to other areas in the schools out of school hours.
- Public library
- Swimming pool with floating floor, and separate toddler pool
- Community have access to school areas, for example, PE areas, hall, the street out of school hours
New primary school on the Campus, replacing Pultneytown and South primary schools
The new school will consist of:
- 13 classrooms, each with built in store and cloakroom
- Expressive arts room and store
- Break out space
- 2 nursery rooms, with kitchen, cloakrooms, toilets and storage
- 2 learning support rooms
- Enhanced provision area for children with specific needs
- Games hall – 2 badminton court size, with changing and stores
- Offices – administration, head teacher and depute, staff work base
- Medical room, inter agency meeting room, offices for Children’s’ Services and Active Schools Coordinator
- Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and grass pitch
- External areas including garden area – for work and play (pupils have been involved in designing this with our landscape architect)
If you want to know more, please contact ecsestates@highland.gov.uk