Schools: Hastings and Rye

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Hastings and Rye constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D when that data was collated; and which of those schools (i) have already received funding from the School Rebuilding Programme and (ii) are expected to receive funding from the School Rebuilding Programme in the next two years.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 8th February 2023

The Condition Data Collection (CDC) is one of the largest and most comprehensive data collection programmes in the UK’s public sector. It collected data on the building condition of government funded schools in England. It provides a robust evidence base to enable the Department to target capital funding for maintaining and rebuilding school buildings.

The key, high level findings of the CDC programme were published in May 2021 in the ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey: Key Findings’ report. This is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf.

Individual CDC reports have been shared with every school and their responsible body to use alongside their existing condition surveys to plan maintenance schedules and investment plans. The Department plans to publish detailed school level CDC data. The Department is still preparing the data and will publish it as soon as possible.

Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department. Our funding is directed both to maintaining the condition of the school estate and rebuilding schools. The Department has allocated over £13 billion for improving the condition of schools since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year.

The ten year School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) is condition led. 400 of the 500 available places on the programme have been provisionally allocated. A list of these schools and the methodology used to select them is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme.

The following table shows the constituencies specified that have schools or colleges selected for the SRP:

Parliamentary constituency

Schools selected for SRP

Dover

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School (announced July 2021)

Erewash

  • Wilsthorpe School (announced February 2021)
  • Friesland School (announced July 2022)
  • Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy (announced December 2022)
  • Kirk Hallam Community Academy (announced December 2022)

Filton and Bradley Stoke

  • Patchway Community School (announced July 2021)

Gloucester

  • Ribston Hall High School (announced December 2022)
  • Moat Primary School (announced December 2022)
  • The Willow Primary Academy (announced December 2022)

Gravesham

  • Saint George's Church of England School (announced December 2022)
  • Rosherville Church of England Academy (announced December 2022)

Hendon

  • Menorah Foundation School (announced December 2022)

High Peak

  • St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy (announced December 2022)

Keighley

  • Ilkley Grammar School (announced July 2022)

Kensington

  • The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (announced December 2022)

Leigh

  • Fred Longworth High School (announced February 2021)
  • St Thomas' CofE Primary School, Leigh (announced February 2021)
  • Golborne High School (announced December 2022)

Lincoln

  • Lincoln Castle Academy (announced December 2022)

Loughborough

  • Rawlins Academy (announced December 2022)
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire (announced December 2022)

Lancaster and Fleetwood

  • Lancaster Royal Grammar School (announced December 2022)
  • Castle View Primary Academy (announced December 2022)

The 239 schools announced in December 2022 will enter delivery at a rate of approximately 50 per year, over a five year period from 2023. The Department is currently undertaking due diligence on these schools prior to scheduling them, with schools prioritised according to the condition of their buildings, readiness to proceed, and efficiency of delivery. The scope and funding for each project will be confirmed following detailed feasibility studies and condition surveys of buildings.

Where a school identifies significant safety issues with a building, that cannot be managed within local resources, the Department considers additional support on a case-by-case basis. This includes applications for Urgent Capital Support (UCS) from eligible institutions. Schools eligible for Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) can apply for UCS where there are urgent health and safety issues that threaten school closure and cannot wait until the next CIF bidding round.

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