{"id":145104,"date":"2025-05-30T21:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145104\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:24:13","slug":"all-the-greater-manchester-schools-and-colleges-getting-government-cash-for-urgent-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145104\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Greater Manchester schools and colleges getting Government cash for urgent repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 40 have qualified for funding – and there’s a pot of \u00a3470 millionFunding will go to Greater Manchester schools(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

A total of 41 schools and colleges in Greater Manchester will get much-needed Government funding for vital building repair and maintenance work. The list, confirmed on Friday, includes nine schools in Bolton<\/a> and eight in Bury<\/a>, but just one each in both Salford and Rochdale.<\/p>\n

Nationally, pupils at 656 schools and sixth forms will benefit from a share of this year’s \u00a3470 million Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), used for projects like fixing crumbling roofs and removing potentially dangerous old asbestos.<\/p>\n

One primary school in Bury – Summerseat Methodist – will get cash to ‘eliminate dry rot’, said the Government in today’s announcement. Funding for a seperate school in Stockport<\/a> – Marple<\/a> Hall – will be used to refurbish a ‘life-expired’ flat roof which the announcement said would ‘prevent school closure’. Other projects include heating repairs, fire safety work, roofing and structural improvements.<\/p>\n

Around \u00a31.2 billion, part of funding packages announced in last year’s autumn budget, will be spent on repairing crumbling schools – and hospitals – across the country. Projects to deliver improvements to schools will be delivered during the 2025\/26 financial year, with the first upgrades to begin this summer, the Government added.<\/p>\n

More than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges across England were forced to shut down days before the autumn term in 2023 amid concerns that classrooms and other buildings containing reinforced autoclaved concrete (Raac) were unsafe.<\/p>\n

Work being carried out at a primary school(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Schools and colleges had to bid for the funding. The amount of money that’s been made available for this financial year is said to have increased, but the number of successful bids has fallen. No individual school sums have been revealed. There were 116 successful schools in the north west.<\/p>\n

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “The defining image of the school estate under the previous Government was children sitting under steel props to stop crumbling concrete falling on their heads. It simply isn’t good enough. Parents expect their children to learn in a safe, warm environment. It\u2019s what children deserve and it is what we are delivering.<\/p>\n

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“This investment is about more than just buildings \u2013 it’s about showing children that their education matters, their futures matter, and this Government is determined to give them the best possible start in life.”<\/p>\n

Here’s the full Greater Manchester list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bury:<\/strong><\/p>\n