Award – Jedburgh Grammar Campus

The Jedburgh Grammar Campus project was recognised this week at the Partnership Awards 2020 as it took home a Silver Award in the Best Education category. Organised by Partnerships Bulletin, the Awards recognise and reward the best in Public–Private Partnership projects. Now in its 22nd year, the long-running event received entries for organisations and projects across Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The new £32m campus completed in March 2020 is a partnership project between Hub South East and Scottish Borders Council and we were appointed by BAM Construction Scotland to undertake the M+E designs on the project. The campus is an innovative learning space which serves 2- to 18-year-olds, as well as providing further education opportunities and community facilities. It replaces all three schools previously in the town and has facilities for nursery, primary, secondary and additional support needs pupils. Community facilities include a multi-use games area (MUGA), 2G hockey pitch, 3G sports pitch, 100m synthetic running track, 300m grass track and gym. Alongside classrooms, there is a rural skills area and flexible hall space that can be used for multiple activities such as community events, sport, dance or drama classes and a café. The public library and contact centre are also housed on the campus, which aims to cater for all ages of the community in one location.

Leader of Scottish Borders Council, Councillor Shona Haslam, said: “This award win is fantastic news and great recognition for Jedburgh Grammar Campus. The Campus is the culmination of some excellent partnership work over the past few years and we now have a first-class education setting for young people in the area from the age of 2 up to 18, as well as a facility that the wider community will benefit from and enjoy for years to come.”