Gateshead schools benefit from £80 million funding

March 10 2010

Five run-down schools in Gateshead are set to share a pot of more than £80 million of government funding, a local news report has said.

Whickham, St Thomas More and Joseph Swan will all benefit from the government's Building Schools for the Future programme, but the bulk of the funding will be used for the creation of a new school to allow the merger of Hookergate and Ryton schools, the Chronicle Live has reported.

Tim Byles, chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, said the government programme "is also welcome news for local employment, supporting tens of thousands of jobs on the ground in the construction and related industries."

In other news, North Yorkshire officials have approved plans to give 20 faith schools across the county £2.4 million in shared funding for refurbishment and improvement projects over the next two years, a local news report has said.

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School in Northallerton is among the schools that will benefit from the funding.

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