Five of Falkirk’s high schools have started the move back into full council ownership, ready for contracts to come to an end 25 years after the schools were first built.
Members of Falkirk Council 's Education, Children and Young People executive agreed on Tuesday that the council should not extend the contract it has with Class 98 Limited beyond 2025. Falkirk Council was the first council in Scotland to use a Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract to renew some of its high schools, which means it will be the first to end.
Council leader Cecil Meiklejohn said: "Every local authority in Scotland is watching Falkirk right now - as the first PFI contract to be initiated we're also the first to come forward for review, so all eyes will be on how we do that."
