TOWN Hall chiefs at Warrington have approved a £13 million primary school investment programme which will “transform learning opportunities across the borough.”
Coun Sheila Woodyatt, (pictured) the borough council’s executive member for Children’s Services said: “This isn’t just good news – it’s excellent news.
“It’s such good news we should all be dancing around the room.”
Funding is available to:
* Extend Oughtrington Primary School from 315 places to 420 places at a cost of £1.524 million.
* Improve and modernise Winwick CE Primary at a cost of £500,000.
* Modernise and improve St Joseph’s RC Primary at a cost of £1.2 million.
* Build a replacement nursery at The Cobbs Infants School, Appleton
* Relocate Sycamore Lane Primary School, Great Sankey, to Chapelford Urban Village at a cost of £4 million.
This will leave a balance of £5.596 million to deliver improvements at a number of other schools, depending on priority.
These include Great Sankey Primary, St Margaret’s CE, Evelyn Street, Dallam, Bewsey Lodge and Woolston Primary.
Coun Woodyatt said the programme would “close the gap” between the deprived and more affluent areas of the borough.
Coun Keith Bland said he was pleased much of the work would be carried out in inner wards of the borough.
Council leader Ian Marks said the council must take advantage of the fact that contractors were putting in lower tender bids during the current economic recession.
“This is one of the ‘up-sides’ of the situation,” he said
2 Comments
Another good week for the building trade then!
Let’s hope all the concentration on building ‘improvements’ doesn’t prove detrimental to education like the example in Stockton Heath where New Build = special measures!
Pity that a few quid couldn’t have been found to keep Longbarn primary open.
yes i quite agree they can spend millions doing up other schools that r failing but a school that is growing they close or want to close shame they r all bible bashers and want community schools shut. not every one is into religion and as for parental choice that means nothing to um. all the ex board should be fired and normal ppl put in place the ppl that count not big wigs who think they rule the roost. the ppl of the community of warrington matter not u lot who sit in your offices saying this and that. listen to the people for once … ya never know ya party may even get elected this time its all about politics end of and who can help who out the most its all rubbish the ppl of the bourgh do not count at all !!