Gourock’s new Clydeview school officially opens
27 January
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State-of-the-art: Clydeview Academy boasts numerous facilities and spectacular views of the Clyde
Gourock’s new £27 million Clydeview Academy has been officially opened.
The new secondary school is the latest development in Inverclyde’s £78 million PPP programme, which has overseen two brand new primary schools and two new high schools for the area.
Clydeview was formed by the amalgamation of Greenock Academy and Gourock High School and has been built on the site of the former St Columba’s High.
The official opening was carried out by former Education and Lifelong Learning Convener Iain McKenzie, who was elected Member of Parliament for Inverclyde last year.
He described the views of the river from the school as “second to none and commanding” and “some of the most spectacular in all of Inverclyde – if not the whole of Scotland.”
He said: “It can be no easy task bringing together two schools with their own proud traditions and histories – but everyone has embraced the challenge and anticipated the exciting prospect of founding and creating a new school – developing its own identity and laying the foundations of what I am sure will be a long and proud history of educational excellence."
Clydeview Academy has state-of-the-art classrooms, library, theatre and science and technology facilities.
The school has one full size 2G all-weather pitch suitable for hockey and football, a grass pitch suitable for rugby and football and a multi use games area
Education and Lifelong Learning Convener, Councillor Terry Loughran, praised everyone who had been involved in the conception, design, construction and delivery of the school.
He said: “There are so many people who deserve our thanks and they are responsible for giving the pupils of Clydeview a school they can be proud of and the opportunity to grasp every opportunity to fulfil their potential and become informed, educated and responsible citizens."
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