EXTRA MONEY FOR RENEWAL OF NEWPORT SCHOOLS

More than £3.6million is to be spent on five Newport schools, to improve the environment in which pupils learn.This is in addition to Newport City Council’s massive rolling schools maintenance plan, which helps the council drive forward its commitment to ensuring the pupils continue to receive the best standard of education possible.

In 2008/09, Assembly grants totalling £3.6million will be spent on major improvement works at Bassaleg (new SEN facilities and classrooms to replace demountable buildings), Caerleon Comprehensive (a new music and drama suite, in part replacing demountable buildings), Llanmartin Primary (new nursery block to replace existing defective building), Millbrook Primary (general building refurbishment) and Monnow Junior and Infant schools (general building refurbishment).This is in addition to the council’s commitment to build three new secondary schools in the city. Work on the Bettws school is due to begin in February.