Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No.3: 2012 Edition

School Estates

As part of the School Estates Core Facts survey information is collected on the size, condition, suitability and capacity of all schools open on 1^st April 2012. Information is also collected on all schools that had been rebuilt or substantially refurbished during the financial year 2011-12. This information is used to monitor the progress that has been made in improving the school estate.

The figures below show that over the last five financial years, a total of 403 schools have been rebuilt or substantially refurbished. Only rebuilds or refurbishments with a cost of £0.5 million or more for primary and £1 million or more for secondary and special schools were included.

Table 5.1: Number of schools which were built or substantially refurbished, 2007-08 to 2011-12 ⁽¹⁾

(1) Figures for 2010-11 have been corrected to take account of information received in the 2012 school estates collection and differ by 1 from previously published figures. See background notes 3.17 for more details.