Its Morrison Construction arm has been appointed as preferred contractor for the £43.3m North Ayrshire Council Largs education campus.

Morrison will now proceed with obtaining planning permission for the scheme, which includes the relocation of Largs Academy, along with a relocated St Mary’s RC Primary School and an additional primary school, created by the amalgamation of Brisbane and Kelburn Primary Schools.

The 2,000 pupil campus will be built on the grounds of the sportscotland Inverclyde National Centre at Burnside Road, Largs.

Galliford Try’s Investments business will also be investing in the company which will be set up to deliver the project.

In London, Galliford Try’s building business has reached financial close for the £41.9m Greenwich, Lewisham and Croydon batch of schools through the Education Funding Agency’s Priority School Building Programme.

The three schools in the batch include the £29m Archbishop Lanfranc Academy project in Croydon, and new buildings for Our Lady of Grace and Wingfield Primary schools in Greenwich.

A £5.5m contract for a fourth school in the batch, Invicta Primary School in Greenwich, had been concluded earlier in the year.

Peter Truscott, chief executive of Galliford Try, said: “We are now firmly established as one of the leading education contractors in the country with the total value of our order book in the sector exceeding £1bn.”