The first wave of investment for the Century Schools and Education Programme, which concludes in 2019, focuses on reducing the
poor condition of school buildings and providing pupil places where needed.
The first phase, which continues until March 2019, focuses on reducing the poor
condition of school buildings and providing pupil places where needed by reducing surplus capacity, and addressing specific Welsh medium and Faith based provision needs.
A 1996 study clearly draws a correlation between
the condition of school buildings and the student learning that goes on in those buildings.
According to a survey conducted by RIBA, more than 90 per cent of teachers feel that school design is important, but nearly half were concerned that their schools were too small and one in five had considered quitting because of
the condition of school buildings.
DeArmond: Many of the facilities problems we face today — at least those related to
the condition of our school buildings — are the result of deferred maintenance.
# 514 million has been announced to expand or improve
the condition of school buildings across the country, in order to create more good school places.
This funding will transform
the condition of school buildings and help our best schools to expand, creating more good school places for families and raising standards for pupils.
Reports and general information about
the conditions of the school building, including accessibility status and department of health reports.
He added: «The priority school building programme is only addressing the bit of the iceberg that is out of the water in terms of
the condition of school buildings.
The report also highlights separate figures published by a construction journal in 2014 which suggested almost a quarter (23 %) of councils in England rated
the condition of school buildings in their areas as «extremely poor» or «very poor».
Dr. Ford references a «clarion call» from Dept. of Education Secretary John King on «equity in education,» and says that «
the condition of school buildings and classrooms are very inequitable.»
Better data should be gathered on
the condition of school buildings, so that money could be allocated based on the state of existing premises and the need for new places, it added.
She insisted she and her team had visited the academy and met with school leaders «on multiple occasions», and had undertaken «extensive work» with the Education and Skills Funding Agency to address
the condition of the school buildings.
We have announced # 2.4 billion of capital funding allocations to create new school places across the country, and to maintain and improve
the condition of school buildings.