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Barnsley will be amongst the first 30 areas in the country to benefit from 'Building Schools for the Future' - the biggest single government investment in improving school buildings for over 50 years.

This Department for Education and Skills (DfES) programme aims to raise educational attainment by rebuilding or renewing every secondary school in England over the next 10 to 15 years. Subject to future spending reviews, the government will allocate £2.2 billion capital expenditure each year to the programme in order to give students access to world class, 21st Century learning environments that will inspire teachers and learners for decades to come. 

This once in a lifetime initiative will:

• reorganise secondary school and ICT provision to have the greatest possible effect on pupil achievement
• promote better school design
• make procurement more efficient
• link with other funding to achieve greater community use of schools