A £2 billion fund to rebuild the most run-down schools in the country has been described as a “drop in the ocean” that will still leave thousands of students being taught in dilapidated classrooms.
As the first school to be rebuilt under the coalition government’s Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) opened its doors last week, ministers announced plans for a second round of funding, worth around £2 billion.
The Department for Education (DfE) has been conducting a survey of the schools estate which is due to be completed this summer and details of how schools will be selected to benefit from the new funding are to be released shortly.
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