2010
12 March 2010
Staffordshire County Council has selected a bidder for its BSF project.
11 March 2010
BSF schools take part in the BBC's 'School Report'...
10 March 2010
Schools Face Transformation...
09 March 2010
Six more BSF councils announced...
08 March 2010
97% of councils get behind BSF...
05 March 2010
Hull signs £400m school building deal...
04 March 2010
Vernon Coaker MP has formally opened Judgemeadow Community College, in Leicester...
03 March 2010
Pupils and teachers from across Hampshire are working with architects to have their say on what they would like to see in their new schools...
02 March 2010
Pupils have designs on their future...
01 March 2010
Southampton businesses learn about education opportunities and building a brighter future for Bristol's schools...
26 February 2010
Gordon Brown at Durham Johnston School and more jobs and apprenticeships across Building Schools for the Future projects...
25 February 2010
Halton firms invited to meet consortia and Birmingham's SEN vision...
24 February 2010
More coverage of Somerset's Selected Bidder and the next milestone for Wyre Forest school rebuild plans...
23 February 2010
BAM chosen as Somerset's Selected Bidder and Salford's new plans for refurbing exisiting school...
22 February 2010
Co-location Fund helping community sports and Nottingham's plans for SEN...
19 February 2010
Somerset County Council will announce its selected bidder on Tuesday 23 February...
18 February 2010
Strides made towards city’s BSF £465m school redevelopment...
17 February 2010
Plans have been revealed for the next phase of Leicester’s BSF project...
16 February 2010
Scarborough schools are urged to join energy scheme...
15 February 2010
£180m Stockton BSF shortlist unveiled...
12 February 2010
Contractors are lining up for the lucrative Academies Framework...
11 February 2010
Stoke-on-Trent reaches Financial Close...
10 February 2010
A survey commissioned by BSEC has found that more than three quarters of secondary school headteachers believe that attainment is linked to the school estate...
09 February 2010
Secretary of State, Ed Balls, visits Stoke Damerel Community College in Plymouth to celebrate with the pupils and teachers...
08 February 2010
Judgemeadow Community College, which moved into a new building last year as part of Leicester’s BSF scheme, has received top marks from Ofsted...
05 February 2010
Focus on apprenticeships for BSF projects and more coverage of Essex's BSF project...
04 February 2010
Lambeth set to start its second schools phase and Rossmore Community College to become Poole's first academy as part of BSF...
03 February 2010
All of Knowsley’s BSF schools will open their doors to the public so they can benefit from state-of-the-art kitchens to learn about healthy cooking...
02 February 2010
Skanska confirmed as selected bidder for Essex BSF and InspiredSpaces clinch Wolverhampton BSF...
29 January 2010
Dozens of zero-carbon schools to be built by 2016...
28 January 2010
Secretary of State launches Free Energy Display Meters for Schools initiative...
27 January 2010
Five new centres for pupils with special educational needs are to be created in Southampton...
26 January 2010
BBC Radio 4 visits a BSF school in London...
25 January 2010
A new guidance document to support local authorities’ decisions in relation to historic school buildings has been published today by English Heritage...
22 January 2010
Turf cutting for Nottingham's Primary Capital Programme and Bradford BSF makes the Top 10 PFI projects...
21 January 2010
Rochdale Councils BSF project has reached financial close with inspiredspaces...
20 January 2010
Government inspectors have praised staff at the new Pimlico Academy, sponsored by Futures which is part of Westminster’s BSF project, for raising standards in its opening year...
19 January 2010
A turf cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate the start of the multi-million pound projects beginning in Nottingham. Chief Executive of PfS, Tim Byles, said: “This milestone marks the start of work on the first primary school in Nottingham since Partnerships for Schools took over responsibility for the Primary Capital Programme..."
18 January 2010
A report in the Independent on Sunday says that "fifteen of the country’s most architecturally important schools have been granted listed building status" to ensure they are not rebuilt as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme...
PfS response: “The Building Schools for the Future programme has always been committed to the refurbishment of existing school buildings or other suitable premises where appropriate – and there are numerous examples in the programme so far, such as Elm Court School in Lambeth, which have breathed new life into historic local landmarks.
“BSF works on the model of 50 per cent new build; 35 per cent major refurbishment; and 15 per cent minor remodelling. Schools open to date are mainly new build as these are typically the schools that local authorities must tackle first, with their refurbishment schools following later. New build schools are an antidote to schools that are in very poor condition and are no longer fit for purpose. It is a gross simplification to suggest that the majority of new build BSF schools will see historic buildings razed to the ground. In many cases BSF is a means to replacing post-war schools (mainly 1960s and 1970s) in a shocking state of repair where no parent would want their child to learn and no teacher should have to teach.
“BSF is about providing our young people, our teachers and our communities with the schools they deserve - whether this is through new or refurbished schools - and ensuring that schools new and old are fit for 21st century teaching and learning.”
15 January 2010
Schools must embrace mobile technology and the new Torquay Community College opens...
14 January 2010
Schools partnership celebrates financial close and Bayswater school set to be centre for autistic children...
13 January 2010
Rochdale Council signs BSF deal with Inspiredspaces and Luton's BSF project up for LGC award...
12 January 2010
BSF chief hails momentum as 125,000th pupil benefits...
11 January 2010
Special school set to be rebuilt as part of Stoke's BSF project and Building maagazine looks to the year ahead...
08 January 2010
Extensive article on Knowsley’s BSF project ...
07 January 2010
News story in which Construction News looks at where work is likely to appear in each sector over the next 12 months...
06 January 2010
Two schools in Nottingham which could be remodelled or rebuilt as part of Nottingham’s BSF programme...
05 January 2010
Construction firm chosen for Cambridgeshire BSF project...
04 January 2010
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has challenged his opposite numbers to a TV debate in the run up to the General Election.
