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All the Greater Manchester schools and colleges getting Government cash for urgent repairsMore than 40 have qualified for funding - and there's a pot of £470 millionCommentsNewsPaul Britton

Reporter19:15, 30 May 2025Funding will go to Greater Manchester schools(Image: PA) A total of 41 schools and colleges in Greater Manchester will get much-needed Government funding for vital

building repair and maintenance work. The list, confirmed on Friday, includes nine schools in Bolton and eight in Bury, but just one each in both Salford and Rochdale.

Nationally, pupils at 656 schools and sixth forms will benefit from a share of this year's £470 million Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), used for projects like fixing crumbling roofs and

removing potentially dangerous old asbestos.

‌ One primary school in Bury - Summerseat Methodist - will get cash to 'eliminate dry rot', said the Government in today's announcement. Funding for a seperate school in Stockport - Marple

Hall - will be used to refurbish a 'life-expired' flat roof which the announcement said would 'prevent school closure'. Other projects include heating repairs, fire safety work, roofing and

structural improvements.

‌ Around £1.2 billion, part of funding packages announced in last year's autumn budget, will be spent on repairing crumbling schools - and hospitals - across the country. Projects to deliver

improvements to schools will be delivered during the 2025/26 financial year, with the first upgrades to begin this summer, the Government added.

More than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges across England were forced to shut down days before the autumn term in 2023 amid concerns that classrooms and other buildings containing

reinforced autoclaved concrete (Raac) were unsafe.

Work being carried out at a primary school(Image: PA)Article continues below Schools and colleges had to bid for the funding. The amount of money that's been made available for this

financial year is said to have increased, but the number of successful bids has fallen. No individual school sums have been revealed. There were 116 successful schools in the north west.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: "The defining image of the school estate under the previous Government was children sitting under steel props to stop crumbling concrete falling

on their heads. It simply isn't good enough. Parents expect their children to learn in a safe, warm environment. It’s what children deserve and it is what we are delivering.

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‌ "This investment is about more than just buildings – it's about showing children that their education matters, their futures matter, and this Government is determined to give them the best

possible start in life."

Here's the full Greater Manchester list:

Bury:

‌Old Hall Primary SchoolGreenmount Primary SchoolSt Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolWesley Methodist Primary SchoolTottington Primary SchoolSummerseat Methodist Primary School -

eliminate dry rotPeel Brow SchoolSt Stephen's Church of England Primary School Stockport:

Romiley Primary SchoolMarple Hall School.St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary‌ Wigan:

Winstanley CollegeSt John Rigby RC Sixth Form CollegeTyldesley Primary SchoolPlatt Bridge Community SchoolManchester:Manchester Communication AcademyManchester Communication Primary

AcademyWhalley Range 11-18 High SchoolWest Didsbury CE Primary SchoolSt Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School NorthendenLily Lane Primary School Tameside:

‌Audenshaw SchoolRosehill Methodist Primary AcademyDane Bank Primary SchoolSt George's CofE Primary School Trafford:

Wellington SchoolLoreto Grammar School‌ Bolton:

St Bede AcademyPrestolee Primary SchoolSharples SchoolSt James CofE Primary School, FarnworthTonge Moor Primary AcademySt Maxentius CofE Primary SchoolLadywood SchoolWashacre Primary

AcademySt John Church of England Primary School, Farnworth Oldham:

‌The Crompton House Church of England AcademySt John's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Thomas CofE Primary School Rochdale:

Bamford Academy‌ Salford:

Moss Valley Primary Academy The Department for Education has confirmed a £2.1 billion investment for the school estate for 2025/26, almost £300 million more than the previous year.

Article continues below Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, described the funding boost for school buildings as a “welcome start”. But he added: “It is clear that

much more Government investment and a long-term plan is needed to restore the school estate to at least a satisfactory condition.”

Julia Harnden, funding specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: “The wider problem is that there is a massive £13.8 billion maintenance backlog across the

school estate and we are still nowhere near the level of investment needed to address this.

"The fact that schools and sixth form colleges have to bid for funding for urgent repairs and maintenance is in itself a sign of the inadequacy of overall investment and is effectively an

annual exercise in papering over the cracks."