5 Peterborough schools receive share of £450m government fund to ‘urgently’ improve run-down facilities
684 schools across England will receive grant funding to improve school buildings
Five schools in and around Peterborough are set to receive a share of more than £450 million in government funding to improve run-down facilities.
The Condition Improvement Fund, announced today (Friday, May 22), will give 684 schools and sixth-form colleges across England funding to help to replace heating systems, mend roofs and update electrical works, among other projects, after years of declining buildings.
Schools and colleges will be able to use the money to replace heating systems, mend roofs, and update electrical works.
The funding forms part of a wider package of investment in programmes including the School Rebuilding Programme which is rebuilding and refurbishing 91 schools in East of England.
The five schools in and around Peterborough awarded a share of the fund are as follows:
- The King's (The Cathedral) School
- Gunthorpe Primary School
- Wittering Primary School
- John Clare Primary School
- Werrington Primary School
Schools Minister, Josh MacAlister said: “Opportunity for our children starts with a great education, and children can only learn well in buildings that are safe, warm and fit for purpose – not classrooms disrupted by leaking roofs, failing boilers and declining buildings.
“This funding will help schools tackle urgent issues before they become bigger and more costly problems.
“It is part of our longer-term plan to break the cycle of schools and colleges doing patch-and-mend repairs, by committing to unprecedented long-term funding to improve the school and college estate – because world-class classrooms are key in helping children to achieve and thrive.”