Delight at £80m for Buckinghamshire schools' refurbishment

Date: 11-03-2010

Education chiefs in Buckinghamshire today expressed delight at receiving over £80m to rebuild or refurbish six secondary schools.

The County successfully bid for a share of almost £420m under the Building Schools for the Future programme because Buckinghamshire was able to show it was ready to hit the ground running with projects at its selected schools.
 
Marion Clayton, Buckinghamshire's Cabinet Member for Achievement and Learning, said: "This is just the morale boost we needed. We have fought long and hard to secure funding to improve those schools most in need of work, and at last we can look forward to providing pupils and staff with learning environments they fully deserve.

"We went through a rigorous process and, because we were ahead of the game and ready to go with the projects we were bidding for, our bid succeeded. We cannot wait to get started."

Schools which will initially benefit from the BSF funding are:
Chesham Park Community School
Burnham Upper
Mandeville School (Aylesbury)
The Grange (Aylesbury)
Buckingham Upper School
Furze Down (SEN) Winslow.

Furze Down School will undergo a complete rebuild, while major refurbishments will take place at the remaining five.