Priority School Building Programme
The Priority School Building Programme was a United Kingdom government scheme launched in 2014 to address the capital investment needs of schools most in need of urgent repair.[1] The £4.4 billion programme was designed to rebuild and refurbish school buildings in the worst condition across the country.It was a replacement for the Building Schools for the Future programme, which had been set up in 2003 to cover the period 2005–2020[2] but was cancelled in 2010.Under the first phase, 260 schools were rebuilt and/or refurbished: 214 through capital grant and 46 using the PF2 private finance model.277 schools were to be rebuilt and refurbished using capital grant, by the end of 2021.