THE new school and leisure complex currently being built in Kilbirnie will be called the Garnock Community Campus.


North Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet rubber-stamped the decision at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon.


Councillors were given a choice of four possible names – Garnock Community Campus, Garnock Campus, Garnock Valley Campus and Lochshore Community Campus – following a lengthy and comprehensive consultation undertaken by pupils and the school community.


The £40million joint school, community and leisure campus will serve the Garnock Valley’s three main towns - Kilbirnie, Beith and Dalry - and bring together pupils who currently attend Garnock Academy, Glengarnock Primary School and Glengarnock Early Years Centre.


The new state-of-the-art campus is due to be completed by December 2016 and partners KA Leisure will run a high quality six- lane swimming pool leisure facility to replace Garnock Pool and a synthetic pitch suitable for rugby and football.


Ultimately, the schools involved produced a list of names for an on-line survey, which all pupils, parents/carers and staff from across the cluster were invited to complete.


This resulted in a shortlist of four names before the Council’s Cabinet decided that Garnock Community Campus was the best.


Councillor John Bruce, Cabinet Member for Education, said: “I’m delighted that we can now all refer to this incredible new development as the Garnock Community Campus. This campus is more than just a school – it will serve the whole community.
“All of us in Cabinet, along with pupils, staff and parents, can now eagerly look forward to another flagship new school opening in North Ayrshire at the end of the year.”