More than £17 million will be spent on repairs and improvements to Derbyshire schools next year
Funding for these projects comes from central government and has to be spent on these specific uses.
Among this year’s expenditure, Derbyshire County Council is handing out nearly £4.5 million towards building three new schools.
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Hide AdThis includes £1.55 million to build a new primary school in Tibshelf; £1.7 million at Boulton Moor, close to Derby; and £1.1 million for Highfield’s Farm, between Findern and Heatherton.
The funding also sees £50,000 being spent to begin design work for a replacement Newhall Junior School; and £500,000 for essential repairs at William Allitt School – also in Newhall – which its governors say needs to be knocked down and rebuilt for between £17-£25 million.
The county council and the area’s MP Heather Wheeler have been lobbying for funding to allow this.
In May it was revealed by a Derbyshire BBC Local Democracy Reporter Freedom of Information request that there was a £150 million backlog in repairs required for the county council’s schools – but just £9.3 million was coming in from government specifically earmarked for repairs.
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Hide AdThe amount of money being given to the authority annually is falling year-on-year as more county schools convert to academies, which are funded directly by the government.
The authority maintains 326 out of the county’s 416 schools, nurseries and pupil referral units.
There are now 71 academy schools, with a further 19 going through the conversion process.
This year’s funding, allocated by government earlier this year and earmarked by the council this week is split into basic need, buildings at risk and school condition.
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Hide AdBasic need funding, £7.6 million of which is being spent this year, is used for making sure there is enough space in each of the county’s schools to cater for children in the area – usually spent on building new classrooms.
Buildings at risk money – £2 million this year – is used to ensure that schools are suitable for use and to tackle serious disrepair – this year’s funding includes £15,000 to demolish “life-expired” buildings at Tupton Primary School.
School condition allowances – £7.4 million this year – are used for overall major and essential maintenance such as window and door replacements, electrical rewiring; and roof repairs – £500,000 is to be spent at Buxton Community School in phase one of its roof replacement.
Here is the recently-released list of the 50 school schemes set to receive money for repairs and improvements over the next year, along with the relevant project and the amount they will receive.
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Hide AdAnthony Bek Primary – window and door replacement – £200,000
Anthony Gell – repairs and replacement of flat roof – £150,000
Ashbourne Hilltop Primary – phase three of school expansion plan – £50,000
Ashbrook Infant – window and door replacement and cladding – £350,000
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Hide AdAshbrook Junior – window and door replacement and cladding – £400,000
Ashover Primary – replacement of flat roof coverings – £70,000
Bramley Vale Primary – renew flat and pitched felt roof coverings – £250,000
Bramley Vale Primary – window and door replacement – £250,000
Buxton Community – phase one of roof replacement – £500,000
Buxton Junior – circulation improvements – £75,000
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Hide AdChildren’s homes – improvement schemes for county’s children’s homes – £100,000
Clowne Infant and Nursery – window and door replacement – £200,000
Combs Infant – top-up money for school-funded rotunda, a round timber-clad eco classroom – £30,000
Creswell Infant and Nursery – window and door replacement – £45,000
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Hide AdDraycott Community Primary – electrical rewire and fire alarm upgrade – £110,000
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe – renew of pitched Welsh slate roof coverings – £280,000
Elmsleigh Infant – boilers and heater replacement – £115,000
Grassmoor Primary – electrical rewire and upgrade – £190,000
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Hide AdHady Primary – two classrooms to offer 60 more spaces – £425,000
Harpur Hill Primary – design work to expand school to two form entry – £50,000
Hasland Infant – electrical rewire and upgrade – £165,000
Hayfield Primary – electrical rewire and upgrade – £155,000
Heanor Langley Infant – extension to create a group room – £86,000
Horsley Woodhouse Primary – replacement of three defective classroom floors – £80,000
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Hide AdJoint match-funding – match-funding for minor school improvement schemes – £500,000
Killamarsh Infant – replacement of defective trusses, purlins and roof finishes – £450,000
Ladywood Primary – one new modular classroom – £425,000
Langley Mill Academy – three classrooms and remodelling to offer 90 more spaces – £835,000
Linden House Children’s Home – top-up funding for new home replacement – £400,000
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Hide AdLinton Primary – replacement of flat roof coverings – £55,000
Linton Primary – replacement of timber-framed windows – £70,000
Longmoor Primary – replacement of flat roof coverings – £550,000
Melbourne Junior – renew flat roof coverings – £370,000
Milford Primary – replace failing boundary stone wall – £40,000
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Hide AdNew Boulton Moor Primary – new two-form entry primary school – £1,761,590
Newhall Junior – design work for replacement school – £50,000
New Highfields Farm Primary – new one-form entry primary school – £1,126,000
Peak Dale Primary – boundary wall replacement and repair – £120,000
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Hide AdPilsley Primary – partially rebuild boundary wall and access road – £65,000
Pilsley Primary – removal of underground boiler house which would be rebuilt above ground and structural and underpinning work – £150,000
Rosliston Primary – extension to create new toilets and refurbish existing toilets – £130,000
Rowsley Primary – renew concrete-tiled roof covering of main school building – £200,000
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Hide AdShirland Primary – one classroom to offer 30 more spaces – £225,000
South Normanton Nursery – small extension for staff room and head teacher’s office – £230,000
Stanton Primary – two classrooms, remodelling and kitchen, to offer 60 more spaces – £1,650,000
The Brigg Infant – renew slate pitched roof coverings – £250,000
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Hide AdTibshelf Primary – new primary school to replace existing school – £1,550,000
Tupton Primary – life-expired temporary buildings to be demolished, replacement accomodation to be set up in former children’s centre – £15,000
William Allitt – continued building repairs – £500,000
William Levick Primary – electrical rewire and upgrade – £110,000