The Government has announced that £1.75bn of funding has been approved building funds for hundreds of Primary schools in England. This is part of the Primary Capital Programme which is investing to rebuild or refurbish half of Primary schools by 2023.
In total 41 local authorities have met all the Government’s requirements and will receive their allocated funding for at least the next two years. A further 92 local authorities have had their 2009-10 funding approved, but need to do more work before funding for 2010-11 will be released (Oxfordshire is among these). And finally, 15 local authorities haven’t met the guidelines and won’t receive their funding for the moment.
A full BBC News article about the funding is available here.
There is more detail on Oxfordshire’s approach to reveiwing the funding requirements here.
While this is clearly great news for the nation’s Primary Schools, many of which are in need of updating, it’s unlikely that St Joseph’s, Thame will benefit in the immediate future. We have to continue our fundraising efforts to ensure we’re in the best position to benefit when we have our chance.
Thanks for your continuing support.
