Building Schools For The Future Programme
On 5 July 2010, education secretary Michael Gove announced the new government was axing Labours Building schools for the future programme which would have meant Earlsheaton being dramatically modernised and extended to improve facilities and increase capacity to accommodate more pupils with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of education at Earlsheaton, however although most were in favour of the expansion project many parents believed that the expansion would have negative consequences for the school and community. The decision to stop planned work at Earlsheaton which was due to begin in 2011 came as a result of the new government making dramatic spending cuts across the public sector. Expansion and modernisation of the school will now not go ahead for the foreseeable future.
Ex-Headteacher Paul Levy commented on the governments decision saying; "These cuts will deny a modern education to generations of pupils. At the moment 40 per cent of our pupils achieve five A* to C GCSEs, including English and maths, and this represents a significant achievement. But we would have anticipated a rise in standards if we had got the new facilities."
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