Calderdale Council hopes a dozen more schools in the borough will benefit from government cash for new buildings.

The School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) is a national programme aimed at addressing issues for those in the poorest condition. It can be for target blocks or for entire schools, depending on condition.

Selection for the programme is through a bidding process.

Earlier this month, cabinet members took two projects, for Shade School and Walsden St Peter’s School, both in Todmorden, which are already funded, to their next stages by agreeing to appropriate land, for the former, or consult about appropriating a playing field, for the latter, both to bring space for the work needed.

Rebuilding of Castle Hill School in Todmorden is well underway.

placeholder image — Rebuilding of Castle Hill School in Todmorden is well underway.

Castle Hill Primary School, also in Todmorden, was selected in an earlier round and has seen a temporary school built at the town’s Centre Vale Park to house the children while their new one is built on the site of the old school on Halifax Road, which was more than 100 years old.

The new building is due to open in December, with the removal of the temporary school at Centre Vale to follow immediately afterwards and reinstatement work at the park to begin.

Other schools in the same 2022 round as Castle Hill which were successful included Central Street in Hebden Bridge, Cross Lane Primary in Elland, Riverside in Hebden Bridge, Stubbings Infant School in Hebden Bridge, Brooksbank School in Elland, The Calder Learning Trust in Mytholmroyd, Todmorden C of E School, Todmorden High School and Woodhouse Primary in Brighouse, as well as Shade and Walsden St Peter’s.

Leader of the council, Coun Dan Sutherland (Reform UK, Illingworth and Mixenden) told colleagues: “Members will be aware that Calderdale has been extremely successful in securing school rebuilding programme investment, where a number of our schools are set to benefit from significant government-funded rebuilding and modernisation.

“We are now progressing a number of these schemes and we’re keen to bring these through cabinet as soon as possible.”

In February 2026 a further bidding round was opened to select an additional 250 schools nationally to join the School Rebuilding Programme, councillors heard.

Officers recently commissioned updated asset management plans for council-maintained schools and have identified those schools with the greatest and most urgent condition needs, with additional bids now submitted for the following schools:

Ash Green Primary in Mixenden, Cornholme School in Todmorden, New Road Primary in Sowerby Bridge, Holywell Green, Christ Church in Pellon, Bailiff Bridge School, Ripponden Primary, Ling Bob in Halifax, Ravenscliffe Special School in Halifax, Shelf Primary, Parkinson Lane in Halifax, and Northowram.

It is believed that an announcement regarding successful bids is expected in Spring 2027.