Perth and Kinross Council approves plans for new primary school at Bertha Park

Thanks to approval from the council’s Learning and Families Committee, the school will be built on the site just west of Bertha Park High School and open to pupils in August 2026.

The committee was recommended by officers to approve the new school and catchment area and changes to catchment areas of nearby schools when it met on Wednesday, November 2.

The committee also issued preliminary agreement on changes to the catchment areas of nearby Ruthvenfield Primary School, Pitcairn Primary School, Luncarty Primary School and Tulloch Primary School, The Daily Record reports.

The new primary would have capacity for 434 pupils with 14 classrooms. Registration for the new school would begin in January 2026 ahead of pupils starting in August 2026.

The school’s name will be determined at a later date.

A PKC spokesperson told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “An exercise regarding the naming of the new school will be undertaken in due course and a report will be considered at the Learning and Families Committee.”