Inverclyde Council’s £270 million school estate investment is on track to be completed five years early with work set to begin on the programme’s final major project.

St Mary’s Primary school in Greenock is to undergo a £6m refurbishment and extension. Gourock Primary is also due to undergo a £1.7m extension.

Elsewhere, the new £9.2m St Ninian’s Primary in Gourock and £3.4m Glenpark Early Learning Centre are scheduled to be completed in the coming months, along with the refurbishments of Moorfoot Primary in Gourock (£5m) and Lady Alice Primary in Greenock (£3.8m).

Education & communities convener, Councillor Jim Clocherty, said: “To sustain this level of investment through such a sustained period of economic uncertainty and budgetary pressure is something we can be proud of in Inverclyde.

“From the outset we promised that every child in Inverclyde would be taught in a new or fully refurbished classroom by 2025 so to be able to deliver that pledge five years early is nothing short of extraordinary.

“Our school estate programme is without a doubt one of the most ambitious in the whole of the UK and is one that has already delivered learning environments that are second-to-none for the vast majority of our children and young people.”