BARNSLEY Council has accepted a £600,000 grant to help bring some of its school buildings up to scratch.
The estimated backlog of maintenance on council-run schools is a total of £3.3m.
This include £1.6m in high priority works - which should be completed within 18 months - £1.5m on medium priority and £300,000 on low priority.
Ruling cabinet members accepted a government grant of just £600,000 from the government on Wednesday.
The council has earmarked the funding for a number of schools - with money being used on health and safety, roofing, mechanical and electrical and both internal and external work.
A total of £100,000 will be spent on a boiler replacement programme.
Keresforth Hill Primary will receive one replacement boiler and Jump Primary’s three boilers are ‘near end of life’ - the budget will also allow for any safety measures to be installed if required.
Around £100,000 is also set to be spent on Shawlands Primary School - including £70,000 on roofing works.
