Falkirk councillors have approved proposals for a new £17.5m school for young people with additional support needs.

It will replace the current Carrongrange School and will be build on land next to Moray Primary School in Grangemouth.

Members of the council's education executive approved the final proposals for a new school at a meeting Tuesday. Construction work on the new school is due to be completed by August 2017.

Robert Naylor, Falkirk Council's director of children’s services, said: "The new school will provide pupils with a welcoming and flexible learning environment across two floors and will include modern specialist classroom equipment and facilities to meet the needs of all pupils."

The school will accommodate 190 pupils and in addition to classrooms will also feature therapy and sensory rooms, a life-skills training flat, swimming and hydrotherapy pools and a sensory garden.

Half of the cost of the new school is being met by the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future programme, with the remainder coming from the council’s capital programme.

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