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Wednesday, 22 November 2006
MP welcomes school funding boost
Dartford MP, Dr Howard Stoate, has welcomed the announcement this week by the Government of a new £6.5 Million capital funding programme for schools in Kent.


Kent County Council is one of 23 ‘pathfinder’ local authorities around the country to receive funding in 2008-09 from the Government’s new primary capital programme. Amongst the schools in Kent to benefit from the scheme will be Oakfield Infant and Nursery School in Dartford and Swanscombe Infant and Nursery/Sweyne Junior School in Swanscombe.


The £7 billion programme, which is to be rolled out across the rest of the country in April 2009, aims to rebuild or revamp 8,000 of England’s 18,000 primary schools over a 15 year period.
Dr Stoate said; “this is very news for Dartford and for local children. This extra cash will make a significant difference to these schools by helping to modernise and improve their facilities and ensure that they are fully equipped for 21st century learning.”

 

Notes

 

The Department for Education and Skills received 85 expressions of interest from authorities to act as pathfinders. The 23 authorities selected are:

Barnet, Birmingham, Bradford, Cornwall, Darlington, Ealing, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Knowsley, Manchester, Newham, North Tyneside, Nottingham City, Rotherham, Sheffield, Solihull, Somerset, Swindon, Torbay, Waltham Forest, Wigan.
 
Applications were considered against published selection criteria with a view to identifying those with:

• A clear strategic vision for transforming their primary school estate.
• A proven track record and capacity to deliver.
• High quality, deliverable capital projects.

Kent County Council’s initial bid to become a pathfinder authority included projects aimed at delivering improvements to Oakfield Infant and Nursery School in Dartford and Swanscombe Infant and Nursery/Sweyne Junior School in Swanscombe.

 
 
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