COUNCIL bosses are poised to begin consultations on the next steps for a new primary and nursery.

As told in the Evening Times, roll numbers in the east end of Glasgow are predicted to soar and new facilities are needed to ensure all children have access to education.

Education chiefs plan to build a new £13million Dalmarnock Primary School and a replace Elba Lane Nursery with a £4.3m new build.

Tomorrow councillors will vote on proposals to consult on a new catchment area for Dalmarnock and the closure of Elba Lane.

Councillor Stephen Curran, executive member for education, said: “Our children deserve the very best start in life and the new schools and refurbishments across the city as part of the council’s £250 million pounds school building strategy is delivering our commitment to the education of Glasgow’s young people.

“This multi-million pound investment in Dalmarnock will create a new school and nursery and is a direct result of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

“These facilities will educate generations of children in the heart of the former Athletes’ Village, delivering another tangible Games legacy for the area.”

The council's executive committee approved proposals to build a new non-denominational primary school and stand-alone nursery on February 5 this year.

Now an executive committee meeting on Thursday will be asked to vote to amend the catchment area in the north east of the city to cover Dalmarnock, Quarry Brae and Wellshot primary schools.

Over the next decade the primary age population is predicted to rise between 13% and 18% with much of this in the east end due to a target of building 1400 new homes in the area over the next 10 years.

Dalmarnock Primary School was opened in 2007 and can accommodate 348 children.

The council was forced to build new modular classrooms to accommodate the new roll of 549 pupils.

In order to ease this, education bosses propose changing the catchment area for the three primaries.

The new build replacing Dalmarnock primary school will have a catchment area inside a boundary defined by the River Clyde, Newhall Street, the Clyde Gateway, London Road and the West Wall of St Peter's Cemetery.

The east end community already has four nursery schools: Elba Lane Nursery School, Helenslea Nursery School, London Road Nursery School and Parkhead Community Nursery.

To ease overcrowding from the predicted rise in pupils numbers, education chiefs want to close Elba Lane Nursery School and open a new nursery in Silverdale Street.

The new nursery would provide early learning and childcare and would have 12 full-time equivalent places for under twos and 128 full-time equivalent places for two to five year olds.

If councillors vote to go ahead with the proposals, a public consultation on the plans will be launched.

The 18 classroom Dalmarnock primary, which will take around 460 pupils, is expected to open in 2018.