NONE of the eight Bradford schools proposed for major expansions have been included in the latest wave of Government funding, a situation one leading councillor condemned as a "betrayal."

Among the schools that missed out were Queensbury School, a pre-war building that Bradford Council had hoped the Government would help re-build, and Ilkley Grammar School.

The Department for Education today announced that 277 schools would either be rebuilt or partially rebuilt as part of the second wave of its priority school building programme.

But there was disappointment through the district, with four secondary and four primary schools suggested by the Council failing to make the cut.

The only school to make the list in the wider district was Guiseley School.

Those nominated had been among the most in need of repair, with recent estimates putting the cost of backlog maintenance required at them at £8.5 million.

The other two nominated secondary schools were Bingley Grammar and St Bede's Catholic Grammar, Heaton. The primary schools nominated were Lilycroft and St Cuthbert and the First Martyr's Catholic primaries, both in Manningham, Sandal Primary, Baildon, and Shipley CE Primary School.

Councillor Ralph Berry, the executive member for children's services at the Labour-run Council, said Ilkley and Queensbury were part of the previous Government's Building Schools for the Future Programme, cancelled in 2010 when the coalition came to power.

"I'm outraged an appalled by this. Some of these buildings are not fit for purpose," he said.

"I'm shocked by the utter betrayal of these schools. I can't for the life of me believe Ilkley and Queensbury in particular have missed out."

Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, whose constituency includes Ilkley, had accompanied Education Secretary Nicky Morgan when she visited Ilkley Grammar in December, when the issue of new building work was raised.

LACK OF SCHOOL FUNDING ADDS TO PROBLEMS

Yesterday he said he had been "a vocal advocate for Ilkley Grammar to receive much-needed new investment" adding: "I will continue to make the case using every avenue open to me until this funding is forthcoming.”

Cllr Debbie Davies, the Council's Conservative group education spokesman, said: "It's disappointing, and I hope some remedial work is done on these schools soon. Maybe in future we should re-consider nominating so many schools."

A DofE spokesman said it had chosen which schools to fund by prioritising "where the poor condition is most highly concentrated and urgent; where the continued operation of the school is most at risk" and by cost to improve schools.

Despite no schools in Bradford qualifying for funding, 15 schools in Hertfordshire made the cut, as did 16 schools in Surrey.

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