£10m funding secured to improve school buildings in Yorkshire

Property consultant Eddisons has secured £10.3m in funding to carry out building works at 24 academy schools in Yorkshire, with a total of £20m secured for 48 schools across the UK.

The capital funding, obtained via the Government’s Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) programme, will be used to improve school and sixth form college buildings and improve safety and energy efficiency.

The CIF is an annual bidding scheme that enables academy schools and colleges to apply for funding for the upkeep of their buildings and to fund expansion projects for schools that have been rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Ian Harrington, who heads Eddisons building and project consultancy team from the firm’s Leeds office, said: “We are really proud of our success rate for this year’s round of CIF bids, announced just last week, with 55 successful bids in total across the UK.

“Education is a key sector for us at Eddisons and one where we are seeing growing demand for our services. We are continuing to expand our team and are focused on doing the best job we can for our school and college clients.

He added: “It is tremendously rewarding to be able to guide schools through the maze of the CIF bidding process and as we are involved throughout the process we see the tremendous difference that these improvements can make to a whole school community.”

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