Ambitious plans for the creation of a new £8.5 million Oakbank Primary School and nursery in Perth will be revealed to the public on Tuesday.
Perth and Kinross Council is now set to push ahead with plans for a new state-of-the-art building to replace the existing failing one.
Construction work is set to begin in 2014, with the new school scheduled to be completed in just over a year.
Parents have also been reassured there will be no movement of their youngsters, with the old school set to continue in use alongside construction.
It is understood playground facilities will be retained during the work, though the school will lose the use of one outdoor sports pitch.
Once pupils move into their new classrooms the old school will be demolished to make way for new all-weather pitches.
The decision to replace the school was taken following an extensive review of the existing building and options, which had included refurbishment.
It has emerged, however, that repairing the 1960s school may not have proved a cheaper option, such has been the deterioration of its structure.
Local councillor Willie Wilson will be among those present at the meeting and he told The Courier: “This is exciting news for the Oakbank area.
“This is one the so-called “CLASP” schools built in the 1960s.
“There are schools of this construction all over Scotland but unfortunately, the design proved to problematic, particularly in terms of water penetration.
“They have also proved costly to repair and estimates were that it cost almost as much to bring the existing building up to standard as it would to build a new school.”
Mr Wilson admitted, however, “it would be a challenge” to build the new school while maintaining services for pupils.