More Priority Schools Building recipients revealed
10th March 2015

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan have announced the second wave of the government’s Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).

Some 277 schools were named as recipients of grants from a £2 billion fund to rebuild or refurbish buildings across England. This follows the 261 allocated grants announced in the first wave of the initiative. The first schools rebuilt under the PSBP opened in May 2014, with the government claiming that the programme is faster and cheaper than its predecessor, Labour’s Buiolding Schools for the Future.

Glenigan figures show that, out the first wave of 261 PSBP projects, 16 school buildings are already open or under construction and the remaining projects are well into the development or planning stages. 

The new phase is a five-year programme, operating between 2015 and 2021, with thousands of pupils set to benefit from better, brighter and warmer classrooms Scoping studies on all schools will commence from April onwards to assess the detailed work required, together with any specific site issues, and to review the best method and time scale for delivery.

All funding in this programme is to be capital and the main contractors for the schools are expected to be procured through the Education Funding Agency (EFA) Contractors Framework.