GARTCOSH PRIMARY SCHOOL

Situated on LOCHEND ROAD, the present building celebrated its centenary in 1913.

Photographs added to the site at the time can be found here

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Group member, Bryan Johnston, researched the hundred years in the attached PDF file (10 pages) . The file can be read online or downloaded for reading later.

Link can be found at foot of page and with download arrow to the right as seen here ....

"Gartcosh School - A Brief History, the First Hundred Years".

An informative read for all!

"With thanks to all those before us who created this history and the pupils of 1979 who recorded much of it." - Bryan Johnston

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Since the centenary, the village has continued to grow and a recent review of primary education has revealed that the present building no longer can accommodate the rising role due to the influx of new residents and increased house building in the local area.

"Land release and housebuilding on this scale has not occurred in North Lanarkshire for many years and will have a significant impact". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser (17-06-2015) quoting from NLC Learning & Leisure Committee Meeting.

The school has a hut to provide extra accommodation and, with no further space available to extend the school it is anticipated that an alternative site will be required to cater for the projected numbers of 421 into the next decade.