New start for fire-hit £9m school

The new school was opened to pupils on Thursday 21 August

Pupils attending a new £9m primary school at Maddiston, near Falkirk, have moved into their new building, nine months after it was engulfed by flames.

More than 50 firefighters fought the blaze, which destroyed a three-storey section of the new school which should have opened last January.

About 320 pupils have now moved into the new building.

The school was built to replace the old Maddiston school, following a 15-year campaign by locals.

A spokesman for Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was thought to have been accidental.

The new 434 capacity school, built by Graham Construction, is also due to take in special needs pupils from Torwood school.