The £196m Building Schools for the Future programme to transform the borough's secondary schools has taken a another step forward.
A detailed planning application has now been submitted for Matthew Moss High School in Marland, which would to receive £10M worth of investment from the government programme.
The school will be remodelled and upgraded with the aim of providing new and exciting learning spaces fit for the 21st century.
The remodelling will include new-look classrooms, a new car park and the gym will be relocated to make way for a learning and resource centre.
Councillor Zulfiqar Ali, cabinet member for children, schools and families at Rochdale Council, said: "The teaching and learning facilities will be completely remodelled to support the borough's transformational education vision, providing vibrant and inspiring spaces for students, staff and visitors alike.
"We will also be relocating community spaces so that they are easier to access outside school hours."
Andy Raymer, headteacher at Matthew Moss, said: "The timing of the BSF remodelling programme could not have been better for us.
"It fits in perfectly with the development of our learning agenda and the work we are doing with the Innovations Unit, Learning Futures and Creative Partnerships"
Both schemes will be delivered by the council's new local education partner Inspiredspaces Rochdale Limited.
The local education partner is responsible for rebuilding and refurbishing 12 secondary schools across the borough as well as providing ICT services to all the schools.
Claire Butler, the newly appointed general manager of Inspiredspaces Rochdale Limited, said temporary accommodation will be needed to house pupils while the work takes place with the aim of causing 'minimum disruption'
She said: "Building Schools for the Future is a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform young people's education and I am delighted to be a part of this exciting programme which will bring so much investment into the borough."
Construction of the first two schools in the BSF programme started last month at Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College in Milnrow and Siddal Moor Sports College in Heywood.
A council spokesman said works are progressing well on both schemes, with the new Hollingworth High School due to open in September 2011 and Siddal Moor in January 2012.
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son of sam 77, rochdale (10/03/2010 at 09:26)
When will they ever learn?
Our town's future has been mortgaged by vain political morons told what to do by the private money men
nickleback, rochdale (11/03/2010 at 08:14)
This is no joke-
check the contact - will the school teacher have to inform the caretaker who will have to inform Rochdale council who will contact 'facilitation liason' at Impact Partnership who will then contact the PFI maintenance company who will then outsource this to a third party contactor (suitably vetted) who will use a disginated lightbulb as stipulated in the contact and charge the contractural fee to the labour (all billed through a contractural audit trail with all the parties concerned?)
Then the obligatory photo with portfolio holder for Education with said lighbulb for the "good news" education section of Local Matters.
If the caretaker did the common sense thing and simply put a 30p light bulb in without any fanfare, would this constitute a serious breach of contact?
Do you think I'm joking? Check what really happens in PFI public buildings. There have been far too many tales of expensive, substandard buildings built on tick and subject to draconian maintenance contracts. Jobs for the boys? The politicians love it - it makes them look good - but at a crippling price for taxpayers.
Yoda79, Rochdale (17/03/2010 at 15:46)
and why are the comments on here always so negative. Come on lets be more positive....i'll start:
The kids of rochdale are going to have the most up to date schools in the country, designed to be inspiring rather than drab boring 1950/60s buildings.....