A number of Leicestershire schools are set to receive much-needed government cash for "urgent" repairs and upgrades to their buildings. More than 800 schools across the country will be given money from the Government's Condition Improvement Fund, a £456 million pot intended for the repair and refurbishment of school buildings.
Whilst 33 Leicester and Leicestershire schools will receive a share of the funds, 20 of them describe the work they need doing as "urgent". Primary and specialist schools were able to bid for between £20,000 and £4 million for each project, whilst secondary school and sixth-form colleges could bid for between £50,000 and £4 million.
The schools which have been successful in securing funding all feature in the interactive map below. Many of the Leicestershire schools submitted bids for projects that include work on roofs, fire safety and electrical systems, and mobile classrooms.
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Money can be granted for schemes that improve the condition of the school buildings, including the replacement of high priority components such as structural elements, boilers and electrics, fire doors and alarms, roof coverings and windows, and asbestos removal, the Government said. Works can also support expansion projects to create additional places or tackle overcrowding at the school.
The Leicestershire schools which have been awarded funds
Albert Village Primary School – Urgent Roofing Works
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville – Legislation Compliance Safeguarding
Battling Brook Primary School, Hinckley – Urgent Fire Safety Works
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School – Urgent Roofing Works
Brockington College, Enderby – Building Fabric Water tightness Urgent Roof Replacement
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus – Classroom Replacement
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus – Life Expired Condition Replacement of Windows and Doors
Cobden Primary School and Community Centre, Loughborough – Urgent Roofing Works
Cobden Primary School and Community Centre, Loughborough – Urgent Electrical Works
Croft Church of England Primary School – Heating Boiler Plant Replacement with Air Source and Water Source Heat Pump
Croft Church of England Primary School – Whole Site Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Upgrade Works
Fernvale Primary School, Thurnby – Legislation Compliance Fire Safety
Fernvale Primary School, Thurnby – Legislation Compliance Boiler
Glenmere Community Primary School, Wigston Magna – Legislation Compliance Fire Safety
Green Lane Infant School, Leicester – Works To Renew Defective Roofing
Hallbrook Primary School, Broughton Astley – Urgent Safeguarding Works at Hallbrook Primary School
Hastings High School, Burbage – Vital and urgent teaching accommodation requires replacement of whole block 1960s wooden 4 bay mobile unit
Hinckley Parks Primary School, Hinckley – Life Expired Condition Roof
Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School, – Urgent Fire Safety Works
Langmoor Primary School, Oadby – Legislation Compliance Fire Safety
Launde Primary School, Oadby – Urgent Replacement of Dilapidated Non Compliant teaching buildings with one new Purpose Built Teaching Block
Little Hill Primary, Wigston – Life Expired Condition Roof
Little Hill Primary, Wigston – Legislation Compliance fire safety
Loughborough Church of England Primary School – Urgent Mobile Classroom Replacement
Lutterworth College – Urgent Roofing Works
Measham Church of England Primary School – Urgent Gas Safety Works
Oakthorpe Primary School – Replacement of Dilapidated Mobile Classroom
Ravenhurst Primary School, Braunstone Town – Life Expired Condition Roof
Rendell Primary School, Loughborough – Urgent Safeguarding Works at Rendell Primary School
Richmond Primary School, Hinckley – Replacement of Dilapidated Mobile Classroom
Sherard Primary School, Melton – Partial Replacement of Roof Coverings
St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy, Market Bosworth – Urgent Safeguarding Works
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Whetstone – Fire Safety Improvement
Swannington Church of England Primary School – Urgent Heating Works
Tugby Church of England Primary School, Tugby – Urgent Mobile Classroom Replacement
Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary School – Urgent Fire Safety Works
Wigston Academy – Urgent Fire Safety Works
Wigston Academy – Urgent Block Replacement
Wigston College – Urgent Boiler Replacement
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