FUNDING BOOST TO EXPAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Stockport Council has gained over £7million to expand primary schools across the borough.

The Council successfully bid for funding from the Government’s Targeted Basic Need Capital scheme. The money will help create capacity for an additional 735 primary school places by September 2015. The additional funding on £7.2million will allow the Council to expand the following primary schools to provide additional places:

Arden Primary School – 210 places

Cale Green Primary School – 105 places

Castle Hill High School (SEN) – 50 places

Greave Primary School – 105 places

Queen’s Road Primary School – 210 places

St Elisabeth’s CE Primary School – 105 places

Councillor Shan Alexander, Stockport Council’s Executive Member for Lifelong Learning and Achievement, said: “The Council is committed to providing enough primary school places for all pupils across the borough and this additional funding will help towards achieving this. “