Tony Blair welcomes £45 billion of investment for transforming secondary school buildings.
Read the transcript for the film below:
Prime Minister:
There’s probably no more ambitious school-building programme in Europe than Building Schools for the Future. Hundreds of schools that saw decades of under-investment have already been renewed and rebuilt. Over the last five years, there’s been as much school building as in the previous twenty-five years. So, this programme now gives us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform every secondary school in the country over the next fifteen years. But it’s about more than bricks and mortar, it’s an opportunity to revolutionise education, by harnessing the best of the public and the private sectors. Partnerships for Schools will also help us deliver some 400 academies, schools that are already transforming inner city education. But every now or renewed school is an opportunity for reform and change. Of course, schools where teachers and pupils are not distracted by crumbling walls, broken windows and leaky roofs, are schools where they can instead focus their full attention on teaching and learning. But, many new schools are also combining, for example, the innovative use of ICT, allowing students to learn outside the normal school routine. And with every school becoming an extended school in the years ahead, there are going to be far more opportunities, for breakfast clubs and homework clubs, extra sports and arts, as well as adult education and wider community activities. So, our new build and renewed schools will not only re-energise staff and students but will revitalise our communities, as well. This is a programme that is quite simply about investing in the futures of our children and in the future of our country. It’s something that I’m proud this government has been able to begin and, in particular, I thank all of you for the contribution you are making to its success. Thank you.
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