Government honours secondary school works (Islington Liberal Democrats)

Islington Liberal Democrats <Islington_ld@cix.co.uk>

Government honours secondary school works

July 14, 2010 5:41 PM

Councillors Terry Stacy and Paula Belford at assembly at a local school.

All Islington's secondary schools will be refurbished or rebuilt as planned, the Government has confirmed.

In a statement to the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, confirmed that works on the Islington schools in phase 3 of the works programme (Building Schools for the Future) will be funded. The news contrasts with Labour predictions that the project would face the axe.

The Islington schools in phase 3 of the Building Schools for Future programme are:

• Central Foundation

• Highbury Fields

• Mount Carmel

Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson, councillor Paula Belford, said:

"Once again, Labour has been caught red-handed trying to mislead local residents. Major improvements will definitely take place at these three Islington schools.

"We've already seen the fantastic new buildings and facilities in the four schools completed so far and we look forward to the same high standards for students in the last phase. These works will mean all the borough's secondary schools will have been rebuilt or refurbished by 2013.

"Labour should be ashamed of itself for trying to scare students, staff and parents into thinking these improvements were not going ahead. The government has kept its word to Islington."