Derbyshire schools, including St Mary's Catholic High School in Chesterfield, are set to received funding to help improve their school building.

The Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) grants will give schools and sixth-form colleges funding to help to replace heating systems, mend roofs and update electrical works, among other projects.

The funding forms part of a wider package of investment in programmes including the School Rebuilding Programme which is rebuilding and refurbishing 44 schools in the East Midlands.

Schools Minister, Josh MacAlister said: “Opportunity for our children starts with a great education, and children can only learn well in buildings that are safe, warm and fit for purpose – not classrooms disrupted by leaking roofs, failing boilers and declining buildings.

Derbyshire schools, including St Mary's Catholic High School in Chesterfield, are set to received funding to help improve their school building.

placeholder image — Derbyshire schools, including St Mary's Catholic High School in Chesterfield, are set to received funding to help improve their school building.

“This funding will help schools tackle urgent issues before they become bigger and more costly problems."

The Derbyshire schools successful in securing grants are St Mary's Catholic High School, The Ecclesbourne School in Duffield and Bradley CofE Primary School in Ashbourne.