SCOTLAND’S public spending watchdog has been urged to probe Renfrewshire council’s £160m too small school scandal.
Neil Bibby, the Labour MSP for West Scotland said the Accounts Commission needed to investigate the “catastrophic blunder” saying it was of “national concern.”
He said the costly gaffe could cost each of the 81,000 households in the authority around £2,000, "approximately £421 each for every man, woman and child in Renfrewshire."
Due to an “error” by the council, the initial roll for the school was predicted to be around 430.
However, it should have been able to accommodate 1,100 pupils.
With more houses being built around the school, the authority announced in February that they now expect 1,500 children to need to use the school by 2033.
As a result, they now need a new building with capacity for around 800 pupils.
