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Schools: Wiltshire

Asked by Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria was used to assess the eligibility of schools for the Schools Rebuilding Progamme; and how many schools in Wilshire have been included since 2020. .

Answered by Stephen Morgan

Schools have been prioritised because they met one or more of the following criteria:

  • They had buildings of specific construction types that require replacement.
  • Their buildings had the highest condition need, identified in data collected in the Condition Data Collection and verified through collecting additional condition information, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-data-collection-programme-information-and-guidance.
  • Their buildings had severe and urgent condition need that meant they were a high priority for replacement.
  • Their buildings had risks that have the potential to cause significant harm to pupils or staff that meant they were a high priority for replacement.

More information about how the department prioritised schools can be found in the published methodology notes, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme.

The number of schools in Wiltshire that have been included in the School Rebuilding Programme is 3.

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