Yorkshire schools in Huddersfield, Wakefield and Doncaster set to be modernised under government plans

Three schools and a college in Yorkshire are to be modernised as part of a government rebuilding programme.
Three schools and a college in Yorkshire are to be modernised, the Department for Education has announced. Pictured: Education secretary Gavin WilliamsonThree schools and a college in Yorkshire are to be modernised, the Department for Education has announced. Pictured: Education secretary Gavin Williamson
Three schools and a college in Yorkshire are to be modernised, the Department for Education has announced. Pictured: Education secretary Gavin Williamson

Greenhead College in Huddersfield, Minsthorpe Community College in Wakefield, and Ash Hill Academy and Ridgewood School, in Doncaster, have all received government funding for rebuild projects in the first wave of a planned ten year project.

Some 50 rebuilding projects have been given the green-light from a £1billion funding pot to be built over the next three to five years, the Department for Education have said.

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The government said 70 per cent of the schools they are giving funding to are in the North and Midlands.

It will also be investing £10million distributed by Sport England to support school sports and swimming facilities in England, the government said, with schools encouraged to keep sports facilities open in evenings.

Over 15,500 school places will also be created by the building of 21 new free schools.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “Today we are launching the first phase of our ambitious new schools programme, with 50 rebuilds and 21 new free schools.

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“The rebuilding projects are just the start of our major ten-year programme, transforming hundreds of schools and improving the education of tens of thousands of children. Alongside this, over 15,500 children will now benefit from 21 new free schools across the country as we look to build back better after the pandemic .

“I am determined to get all children back into education as soon as possible, and will make sure we do not let the pandemic stand in the way of giving every young person the opportunity to succeed, progress and fulfil their potential.”