Hempland Primary School and Tang Hall Primary School, both in the east of York and are part of the Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust (MAT), have seen a delay to planned projects under the School Rebuilding Scheme.
As The Press reported in September, this was after construction stopped at Hempland in Heworth when the government contractors working on the site filed for administration last September.
Construction group ISG, which was involved with the Department of Education (DfE) School's Rebuilding Project, filed for administration in the UK - resulting in around 2,400 job losses, according to joint administrators at EY.
Whilst no boots were on the ground at Tang Hall, building work had already begun at the Hempland’s site – leaving behind cabins and a steel structure after the site was cleared.
Plans to construct a new two-storey building for Hempland – set to replace the current school building in Whitby Avenue - were approved by City of York Council’s planning committee in November 2023 with works starting that year.
The delay to construction has meant that the site has remained empty since then.
For Tang Hall Primary School, works went before the council last June with a council report saying that the school building - created almost 100 years ago - 'no longer meets the modern needs of pupils, staff or community.'
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