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[email protected] MP is on the ropes Primary school to get new buildings West Cornforth Primary us on our Priority School School is celebrating after Building Programme. being selected as one of “This programme will the schools to be selected provide new or refurbished for the first round of the school buildings for the £2.4bn Priority School children being educated in Building Programme. those schools that are in Over 9,000 pupils in fifteen the very worst condition.” schools across the country Boyd McFee, Director from will benefit from new and Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd renovated school buildings said: “Sir Robert McAlpine as the Department for is delighted to have been Education announced the appointed to deliver the first two successful bidders first batch of schools in for the programme. the North East, Yorkshire Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd and Humberside under the has been successful in its Priority School Building bid for a contract for the Programme. first group of schools in the “We have been working North East, including West with a strong team of Cornforth Primary School. designers and supply chain Phil Wilson MP with Kevin Milburn from Climb North-East. The North East contract is partners for more than worth approximately £64m a year to develop our Phil Wilson was on the The facility is one of the climbing walls for people and it means that nine approach in readiness for ropes when he visited a largest climbing centres in to tackle.