A CAMPAIGN was launched in January 1990 to persuade the Government to release money towards a £1m rebuilding project at St Edburg's C of E primary school in Bicester.
Governors and parents wanted to replace several 40-year-old pre-fabricated classrooms and also refurbish the rest of the buildings, which dated back to Victorian times.
It had been hoped that rebuilding would have begun in the 1990-91 programme.
Charles Shouler, Bicester South county councillor, said Oxfordshire County Council had heard that the Department of Education refused to contribute towards the cost.
He explained that as a Church-aided school, finance would have been split three ways.
Oxford Diocesan Board of Education was paying 15 per cent, the county council was going to put in £150,000, with the remainder from the Education Department.
Mr Shouler said: "It is extremely disappointing and frustrating that the Education Department has refused to make a grant.
"The Department does not have to give its reasons."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here