Moray Council plans to establish a new primary school at a temporary site.

Moray Council's plans to establish a new primary school at a temporary site within the East Elgin campus has been backed by Education Scotland.

The new school will be built to serve Elgin’s fast-growing south-east suburbs.

A catchment area for the new school has already been agreed but until the school is constructed and opened in summer 2018, the council has proposed accommodating pupils in the East End annexe from August this year.

The annexe will be fully refurbished and the ‘temporary’ school would have its own identity with a head teacher and staff, although the playground and dining area would be shared with East End Primary.

In a report from Education Scotland - the national Government agency supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education -the move to establishing a new school identity has been described as having significant educational benefits for the pupils.

In response to some concerns regarding potential traffic issues, Education Scotland suggest that the authority monitors the situation.

Read the report from Education Scotland here

The report will be debated at a meeting of the Moray Council's Children and Young People's Services Committee on April 27.