School buildings and capital funding (England)

The levels of funding available for capital projects in English schools, and information on the funding streams schools may access

This paper provides information on the levels of funding available for capital projects in English schools, as well as on the streams of funding schools may access. The Priority School Building Programme, implemented by the Coalition Government as a replacement for the previous Building Schools for the Future programme, is discussed in a separate section.

The briefing includes an overview of the June 2020 announcements of a ’10-year, multi-wave, rebuilding programme’ for schools. Details of the funding, and the projects that will be supported, are yet to be announced.

The paper also includes an overview of the National Audit Office report on capital funding in schools, published in February 2017.