A SCHOOL in Newquay is receiving funding from the government to improve its building.

Treviglas Academy has been allocated a slice of the £450-million Condition Improvement Fund, which is being shared between 684 schools and sixth-form colleges around the country.

The funding will help to replace heating systems, mend roofs and update electrical works, among other projects, after years of declining buildings.

The scheme is part of the government’s ten-year plan to deliver a decade of renewal for schools and colleges across England.

The funding forms part of a wider package of investment in programmes including the School Rebuilding Programme which is rebuilding and refurbishing schools across the country, including those whose buildings contained dangerous RAAC materials.

Newquay MP Noah Law said: “I greatly welcome the funding for Treviglas Academy and the improvements this well deliver. For too long, children were learning in unsafe classrooms falling apart.

“With free breakfast clubs, free school meals, and safer schools, this government is committed to setting children up for the best start in life.”

Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, added: “Parents expect their children to learn in a safe warm environment. It’s what children deserve, and it is what we are delivering.

“This investment is about more than just buildings. It's about showing children that their education matters, their futures matter, and this government is determined to give them the best possible start in life.”

Josh MacAlister, Minister for children and families, said: “This funding will help schools tackle urgent issues before they become bigger and more costly problems.

“It is part of our longer-term plan to break the cycle of schools and colleges doing patch-and- mend repairs, by committing to unprecedented long-term funding to improve the school and college estate because world-class classrooms are key in helping children to achieve and thrive.”