NEALE-WADE HOSTS WORKSHOP ON SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS

A special workshop is being held in March next week to update schools and other interested parties on the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

The purpose of the workshop - at Neale-Wade Community College on Tuesday 16 October - will be to inform a wide variety of stakeholders about the purpose and possible outcomes of the BSF investment programme and will include presentations and a question and answer session.

The Government has given the go-ahead for the first phase of the Building Schools for the Future in Cambridgeshire. This will see significant improvements to six of Fenland’s schools - Cromwell Community College, Neale-Wade Community College, Thomas Clarkson Community College, Sir Harry Smith Community College, Meadowgate special school in Wisbech and the Fenland Junction Pupil Referral Unit.

The national BSF project will see all 3500 secondary schools in England rebuilt or substantially remodelled over a 15-year period at a total cost of around £45 billion.

The Fenland schools will be among the first in Cambridgeshire to benefit, although schools across the rest of the county will be included in future ‘waves’ over the next 10 years. About £93 million is available for Fenland.

The Government attaches a high priority to stakeholder engagement so the workshop on October 16 will be an important opportunity to hear the views of the wider school community and to ensure they understand fully the implications and benefits of this project.

The workshop will start at 4.00pm.

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For further information contact BSF Project Director Kevin Manley on 01223 717902.

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