Rotherham schools could soon benefit from £4.1 million of government funding to support mainstream and SEND schools.

At their meeting on July 6, Rotherham Council cabinet are set to consider proposals for the grant funding for a range of works for schools across the borough.

The proposed Children and Young People’s Service Schools programme would support improvements to Rotherham schools buildings, maintain enough mainstream school places, and help to expand provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

It follows funding from the Department for Education (DfE) and looks to build on the achievements delivered throughout 2025/26.

The council said that over the next year, the maintained schools condition programme will see over £720,000 of DfE funding invested into priority schemes.

This includes heating replacements at Broom Valley Primary and Badsley Moor Primary, toilet upgrades at Blackburn Primary, roofing works at Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School, boiler replacements at Sitwell Infants, as well as electrical testing and minor works around the borough.

£3.4m from the High Needs Capital Allocation is set to support the SEND programme for accessibility grants, special school accessibility improvements, improved inclusion, and special school accessibility improvements, improved inclusion, and special school growth and alternative provision.

Redevelopment works are also included in the programme plans.

Works at Newman School are planned to build a new block at the Whiston site and refurbish the listed corridor, funded through council funding and the DfE’s Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget arrangements.

Councillor Victoria Cusworth, cabinet member for children and young people’s services, said: “Investing in our schools is essential to giving children and young people the best possible learning environment where they can achieve their aspirations.

“We’ve already seen investment into our schools and SEND provision over the last few years, and the impact this is having on our children and young people across the borough.

“This new programme will help us maintain and further improve school buildings, ensuring there are enough school places where they are needed, and continuing to expand support for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities within their communities.”

Last year the council completed works across 16 schools, including repairs and improvements at Herringthorpe Primary, Eastwood Village, Rawmarsh Aspire, and Todwick Primary schools.

The 2025/26 SEND programme delivered accessibility grants to 36 schools, and completed new resource provisions at Thurcroft Junior Academy, Winterhill School and Maltby Manor Academy, as well as mobile classrooms at Kelford School and a second site at Elements Academy.