A NEWCASTLE-based chartered surveyors has been appointed to work on two school projects.

RNJ Partnership has secured work on the schemes, in Consett, County Durham, and Stockton, which total £2.7m, to improve the quality of education facilities.

St Gregory's Primary School, in Stockton, will see a the school building rebuilt, providing eight classrooms and a central IT and library resource hub - as well as a main hall, kitchen and associated facilities.

The £2.1m project started in July, with RNJ Partnership acting as quantity surveyor and planning supervisor.

RNJ will be working alongside Darbyshire Architects, contractor Thomas Armstrong, and structural, mechanical and electrical engineers DTA Consulting Engineers.

St Patrick's Primary School, in Consett, will also benefit from a part new build, part refurbishment of its school building.

The project will see the construction of six classrooms, two quiet areas, and an internal courtyard, as well as alterations to the building to provide additional toilet facilities and a plant room.

RNJ will act as quantity surveyor and planning supervisor on the £628,000 scheme, which started in August. It is expected that the project will be completed in February.

Darbyshire Architects, structural engineers BDN, TGA Consulting Engineers and contractor T Manners and Sons will be working with RNJ Partnership on the project.

John Gibson, partner at RNJ Partnership, said: "There is a growing commitment across the North-East to improve the quality of our educational facilities and RNJ has been involved in a number of education projects in the past. We are pleased to be working on these two contracts, both of which have their own unique requirements."

RNJ Partnership has worked on projects at Westoe Crown village, in South Shields, St Mary's Roman Catholic School, in Longbenton, Newcastle, St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic School, at Stella, in Blaydon, Newcastle, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, in Stockton, St Wilfred's Roman Catholic School, in Gateshead and, further afield, on a £40m high school project in Bermuda.