New funds for £77m school revamp

A multi-million pound project to modernise more than 30 Norfolk schools starts next month, despite the failure of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

The county council had struck a deal with troubled engineering firm Jarvis to carry out the improvements.

But last November the firm said it could not fulfil the £92m contract.

The county and government has now provided £77m to reorganise 36 schools. Phase one of the project will include the renovation of 19 schools.

Schools which need to be rebuilt will be included in the second phase.