Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a government investment programme to invest in improving secondary schools.
This means that more than £150 million is available to invest in transforming the city's secondary school education.
BSF is a long term programme of investment and change aimed at transforming secondary education by providing 21st century learning environments for all secondary pupils across the city, providing more opportunities for pupils and a greater range of services at each school.
We are delighted to announce that revised proposals, which have been agreed in principle, would mean new high school buildings for all the schools in the programme: a new school for the Oasis academy: MediaCityUK and brand new buildings for Wentworth High School, Walkden High School, Irlam and Cadishead Community High School, St Patrick's RC High School, St Ambrose Barlow RC High School and All Hallows RC High School and a replacement for The Swinton High School and Moorside High School.
The programme will also include nearly £17 million of investment in computer and communications technology (ICT) for all the city's high schools.
Where there are major changes proposed for a specific school, the normal statutory school consultation process still applies and it has been agreed to start the new consultation around the closure of St George's RC High School, the enlargement and relocation of St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, rebuilding All Hallows RC High School on the site of the ex Hope High School and rebuild of St Patricks RC High School at its existing site.
The photo above shows pupils of The Swinton High School and St Ambrose Barlow RC High School with Ian Rowlinson, assistant headteacher of The Swinton High; Councillor John Merry, Leader of Salford City Council; Cllr John Warmisham, lead member for Children's Services, Salford City Council; Marie Garside, headteacher of St Ambrose Barlow RC High School and John Biddlestone, Head Teacher of The Swinton High School. The group gathered to celebrate the news that funding had been secured to transform the city's secondary schools.
This page was last updated on 04 November 2008
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