Supporting local children and families with a £1.5m boost for Brent classrooms

Five Brent schools are set to benefit from a £1.5 million package of upgrades to make classrooms safer, warmer and fit for learning. This money will help to ensure that local schools are fit for the future and provide the best possible learning environment for young people.

Brent Council has confirmed the schools will share funding from its annual School Asset Management Programme, with the cash targeted at urgent repairs and improvements before pupils return after the summer break.

Brentfield Primary School’s early years area will be getting brand new radiators and Roe Green Infant and Junior school will receive replacement windows on the west and south elevations.

Most of the cash has been targeted to replace leaky or worn-out roofs at:

• Brent River College
• Donnington Primary
• Kingsbury Green Primary
• Lyon Park Primary
• Phoenix Arch School

Cllr Matt Kelcher, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Planning, said:

"Every child in Brent deserves the best possible start in life and this cash is going straight where it matters – into classrooms, school buildings and the everyday spaces children rely on.

“At Donnington Primary alone, more than £0.5m will help deliver a major roof replacement and other improvements. That is not just fixing bricks and mortar – it is backing hundreds of families and giving children the setting they need to thrive.

“This is a real investment in the next generation. I look forward to work commencing over the summer holidays to the benefit of hundreds of local families."

The repairs required at Donnington Primary are particularly extensive, which means that the works are expected to be completed in mid-December. Work at all other schools is scheduled to finish before the end of the summer holidays.

Wherever possible, the work will be carried out during the school holidays to keep disruption to a minimum, although some essential repairs may continue during term time.