As well as new schools, the additional money will also be put towards school expansion projects and help maintain school buildings, including reducing the carbon footprint of premises.
Details of the new schools across Suffolk include:
- One new secondary school and two new primary schools for the Ipswich Garden Suburb development
- Relocation of Lakenheath Primary School to a new bigger site to allow for expansion
- New primary school in Haverhill
- New primary school in Woolpit
- Relocation of Trimley St Martin Primary School to a new bigger site to allow for expansion
- New primary school for north Felixstowe
- New primary school for Wolsey Grange, Ipswich
- New primary school for Rushbrooke housing development, Bury St Edmunds
- New primary school for Chilton Woods housing development, Sudbury
The money will also support plans to build new Early Years provision and expand existing sites. These include:
- Expansion of Exning Pre-school
- New pre-school in Western Way, Bury St Edmunds
- New pre-school at Holton St Peter
- Reprovision of places at Beck Row pre-school
The money will also be used to improve fire prevention at Thurston Community College and Dale Hall Primary School, Ipswich, plus new sports facilities at Dale Hall Primary School, an expansion of facilities at Moulton CEVCP School, Newmarket and a new conservatory at Highfields Nursery School, Ipswich.
Councillor Rachel Hood, Cabinet member for Education, SEND and Skills, at Suffolk County Council, said:
“It is vital we continue to match the number of school places with new housing developments being built across Suffolk. We are facing increased pressure to match demand for new places.
“As we are seeing across the country, the increase in the cost of building materials is having an impact on our schools building programme. This money allows us to keep pace and fulfil our duty to provide new school places in line with community growth, as well as provide safe and comfortable premises to teach our children and young people.”
The money will also be used to carry out work on school buildings to reduce the carbon footprint and the requirements needed to meet the net zero target of 2030.
The £32million will be covered by Government borrowing and other capital sources.
