Three of Dundee’s eight secondary school buildings have been graded as being in poor condition following a council review.
Baldragon and Braeview academies and Craigie High are all highlighted in a report due to go before councillors on Monday.
The three schools were awarded C grades, which mean they are showing major defects and/or not operating adequately.
Six primary schools – Craigiebarns, Ancrum Road, Longhaugh, Our Lady’s RC, Rosebank and St Vincent’s RC – are in the same category.
Despite the buildings of all nine schools being graded as poor, none of the sites have been rated lower than B for suitability. The “satisfactory” classification means they are considered to be performing well but with minor problems.
No council-run nursery or pre-school centres received a grade lower than satisfactory for condition or suitability.
A new Baldragon Academy is under construction, with pupils expected to start in the new school building in February 2018.
A new campus in the Coldside area, which will bring together Rosebank and Our Lady’s primaries and the Frances Wright pre-school centre, is due to open in August next year.
Also scheduled for August 2018 is the North East campus, which will incorporate St Vincent’s and St Luke and St Matthew’s primaries, as well as Longhaugh primary and nursery.
Dundee City Council’s executive director of children and families services Paul Clancy said there were plans for new buildings to replace Craigie High and Braeview Academy in the local authority’s capital plan.
He said: “There is a massive amount of capital investment taking place across the school estate, which includes a programme of building.
“We know there are a couple of secondary schools in the city which need attention and we have to make sure these are in a good condition.
“Our schools are in a good condition but there is definitely still work to do.”
Mr Clancy added that £40 million had been set aside in the capital plan to construct new schools in Craigie and Whitfield.
In the interim, he said planned works would allow both school sites to operate in the best condition possible.
He added that there was scope for additional Scottish Government funding, which could bring the construction forward.
Work on the two new schools is not expected to begin until the start of the next decade.
There are no plans to merge them and both new-builds are planned for the existing sites.
