Construction has begun on the new Mayfield Community Learning Campus!

We are delighted to announce that construction has officially started on the new Mayfield Community Learning Campus!

jmarchitects are excited to share that the new Mayfield Community Learning Campus has started on site! Following on from a successful Planning application that was granted approval earlier this year, Kier Construction formally commenced works on site at the end of June 2025.

The new £41.8m Learning Community Campus will replace Mayfield Primary School and St Lukes RC Primary School. With a focus on climate-friendliness, community and integrated landscape, the facility will provide education spaces for both primary schools, a new nursery, and ASN facility, whilst accommodating publicly accessible learning facilities such as indoor sports halls, community spaces for private hire, meeting rooms as well as outdoor pitches and recreational areas for community and school use.

The building is conceived as a linear low-lying form in the landscape with educational spaces clustered around a central ‘street’ which contains active functions such as a library, meeting spaces and multipurpose hall. The linear street is envisaged to be visually punctuated through the careful use of timber in key locations providing a softer material palette. A subtle change in geometry acts as a focal point within the building and framing views to an existing Sycamore tree opposite the central stair. As part of an integrated environmental response and to cater for the outdoor learning agenda, covered external terraces are provided along the south-facing elevation.

The project not only envisages a new building but also an integrated landscape masterplan which seeks to knit together the urban fabric of Mayfield around this central node, with different activities and character areas activating the fringes of the site and providing access to the campus building from all sides.

The project forms part of the Scottish Futures Trust’s Learning Estate Investment Programme and targets an operational energy consumption between 67 and 83 kWh/m²/p.a.

The project is due to be completed in 2027.

“We are delighted to see construction has now started, and we are pleased to again be working with Kier Construction to see the designs for this project realised for Midlothian Council and the community of Mayfield. Mayfield Community Learning Campus is an exciting project that will provide a new, high-quality, sustainable learning and community environment for the local community.”

           – Phil Zoechbauer, Project Director, jmarchitects