Eleven Shropshire schools to get a share of £62 million buildings fund

The money will be shared out across 134 schools across the region, with 10 schools in Shropshire Council district benefiting from the investment announced by education secretary Nicky Morgan.

However, Newport Girls' High School, which will get a new classroom block so it can take extra pupils, was the only school in Telford & Wrekin to get a share of the money.

In Shrewsbury, The Priory School will get new windows, while The Grange secondary school in Worcester Road and Grange Primary School in Bainbridge Road will both get roofing works.

In the north of the county, Longlands Primary School in Market Drayton will also benefit from new roofing, while Woodside Primary School in Oswestry will get safety improvements and Lakelands Academy in Ellesmere will get works to help it comply with fire and health and safety requirements.

Bridgnorth Endowed School and Church Stretton School will both get new windows, while the Childe Lacon School in Cleobury Mortimer will benefit from money to install new boilers.

Idsall School in Shifnal will get new roofs for eight of its blocks.

Mrs Morgan, who took over at the Department for Education in 2014, said the money was part of the Government's commitment to spreading educational excellence everywhere.

She said: "Every child should be taught in surroundings which allow them to fulfil their potential, and we have made significant investments in school buildings to ensure this happens.

"The latest funding from the Condition Improvement Fund will help us to build on our progress, so that even more pupils and teachers have access to safe, high-quality classrooms."

The Government has pledged to invest £23 billion in school buildings between 2016 and 2021.

It said this sum will follow almost £18 billion of investment in school buildings by the Coalition government between 2011 and 2015.