General Introduction to Project
The Raploch Community Campus is a flagship education project at the centre of the regeneration master plan for the Raploch area of Stirling. Since being granted Urban Regeneration Pathfinder status by the Scottish Executive in 2004, the Campus was the first building to be completed under the £120m regeneration initiative. Stirling Council were keen for a design solution which was robust and durable, yet open and inclusive, and the resulting vision was to consolidate separate educational facilities within the area into one community facility.
The new Campus includes Our Lady's Primary School (previously St Mary's RC Primary School), Raploch Primary School, Castleview School (previously Kildean and Whins of Milton Schools), a specialist education facility for those with complex additional support needs, Raploch Nursery, Primary Pupil Support and SLANT. The Campus also provides Forth Valley College with teaching accommodation, while the local community benefit from extensive community sports facilities and office space, which is used both by the Council and other community partners.
The project is included as a case study as it is an excellent example of a community inclusive education campus embracing a considerable range of facilities.
The project has also provided an excellent opportunity for co-operative working both between educational establishments and with community partners and provides enhanced, service delivery for the local Raploch community. It provides a range of leisure, further education and other opportunities in a building that the members of the local community can truly feel is their own. Catering, including the school meals service and a bistro open to the public, is provided in an innovative way through a partnership arrangement with Forth Valley College where the kitchen provides a training venue for the college. There are also hair and beauty training facilities provided by the college within the Campus.