How do schools get Capital Funding?
Who is responsible for repairing the fence bordering my property and a school?
Who is responsible for maintaining the footpaths that abut schools?
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How do schools get Capital Funding?
Capital funding is available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and can be used to build new school premises, to re-build a school, for buildings repair and maintenance and for extensions or modernisation work.
There are a number of different types of capital funding available from the DCSF. Most capital funding is now allocated to schools and Local Authorities (LAs) by needs-related formulae, so that they can decide how it can be invested. This includes Modernisation, School Access Initiative and Devolved Formula Capital Funding, which is allocated to every school. LAs can normally make bids for additional funding for support under the Targeted Capital Fund.
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Who is responsible for repairing the fence bordering my property and a school?
Under local management of schools, funding for school repairs and maintenance is included in the school budget directly provided by the DCSF. In the first instance please call the school concerned.
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Who is responsible for maintaining the footpaths surrounding schools?
Our highways team are usually responsibile for footpaths. Contact them on: 020 8583 5555 or email highways@hounslow.gov.uk.
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Telephone: 020 8583 2616
Fax: 020 8583 2613