Building Schools for the Future and Extended Schools

As well as devastating the educational prospects of Brent children, Sarah Teather's decision to abolish the Building Schools for the Future programme will also impact on our sports provision. For some years, it has been customary for planning permission in new schools to be granted with conditions dictating that the school facilities be made available for the wider community. The schools in the Building Schools for the Future programme would almost certainly have had conditions of this kind. Thus Sarah Teather's axing of the programme is not just bad for education but also for sports provision, and (by extension) public health in Brent.