A question mark hangs over Government cash which would help revamp four Oxfordshire schools.

It was announced in March that Oxfordshire was to join the Building Schools for the Future scheme, which was created to rebuild and transform every secondary school in the country.

Oxfordshire County Council was formally accepted into the scheme at the end of April.

In the first stage of the scheme, Banbury School and Cheney School, in Headington, Oxford, were set to be 50 to 70 per cent rebuilt, while Larkmead School, in Abingdon, and Iffley Mead Special School, in Oxford, were to benefit from a 70 per cent rebuild at a cost of up to £62m, depending on the exact projects agreed.

But it is not clear if the new, Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will continue with the scheme, as Education Secretary Michael Gove had promised a review of Building Schools for the Future when in opposition.

A statement from Partnership for Schools — the organisation delivering the school-building programme — and the new Department for Education said: "The Department for Education has not yet made a decision on Building Schools for the Future funding or any other capital programmes.

"The Government is committed to a full comprehensive spending review in the autumn and ministers will shortly be considering their spending priorities, which will take into account all areas of spending including schools capital."

Building had been due to start on the first Oxfordshire school in 2013.

Oxfordshire County Council spokesman Louise Mendonca said: "We have not been told anything formally since we were accepted into the scheme.

"We are keeping a close eye on it but we do not know anything officially."