Families say they may have to put their children in different schools after their council miscalculated numbers needed.
Laura Digby can see Dargavel Primary School from her house but is now unsure if two-year-old son Noah will get a place in the new facilityFamilies have said they face splitting their children between different schools or moving home after a council miscalculated the number of places needed for pupils.Renfrewshire Council then admittedThe council has apologised but parents say they have been left "devastated".
His sister Orla, 10, attends Dargavel Primary and is due to leave the school in 2026, when Noah is meant to start there, but the increased demand on places means the family faces years of worry. The 39-year-old said she would start "looking at alternatives" if Noah does not get into Dargavel Primary and Orla does not a get a place in the catchment high school.
In addition, an expansion of Park Mains High School in Erskine, to accommodate 400 extra pupils, would also be required with an estimated cost of up to £30m.Alan Kelly, chairman of the Dargavel Primary Parent Council, said many parents were now worried that Park Mains will not have enough capacity and said the situation is "causing people a lot of stress and anguish".
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