The new building is intended to be a warm, welcoming home for the close-knit school community, providing bright, comfortable, spacious and inclusive accommodation. Facilities include innovative teaching space in the form of collaborative learning plazas as well as more traditional classrooms, to encourage a range of teaching and learning experiences; modern sports facilities including a Games Hall, Fitness Suite and Dance Studio; and large dining / social space, directly linked to the adjacent Assembly Space at the lower level and forming the heart of the School. A variety of spaces will also be available for community use, and some will form a “shop front” to Niddrie Mains Road and provide the opportunity to showcase pupils work to the wider community.