Leeds City Council
Project status
Wave 1: First schools opened September 2008
Leeds City Council's Wave 1 BSF project is rebuilding and refurbishing 14 schools in the area, in three phases of work. Construction began in March 2007.
Schools opened:
- Allerton High School and Pudsey Grangefield opened in September 2008.
- The remaining schools will be completed in or before 2011.
More details can be found on the Schools Directory.
Pictures:
The picture below shows Allerton High student Michael Boetang giving Tim Byles, PfS Chief Executive (centre), the thumbs up while fellow students John Flanagan, Paige Hamburg (front left) and Lazelle Martin, headteacher Elaine Silson and Dougie Sutherland of E4L look on.
Leeds City Council's BSF Partners
| Bidder | Environments for Learning (E4L) |
| LEP Equity Provider | Interserve Investments PLC, Barclays Private Capital, Mott Macdonald |
| Construction | Interserve Projects ltd |
| Design | Mentor (GHM Rock Townsend, Faulkner Browns, Sarah Wrigglesworth Architects and Watkins Gray, International LLP) |
| Hard FM | Interserve Projects ltd |
| Soft FM | Interserve Projects ltd |
| ICT | Cambridge Education with Microsoft, RM |
| Partnering Services | Mott MacDonald ltd, Cambridge Education, Franklin and Andrews, Osprey Mott MacDonald, Leisure Connection Ltd |
| Funders | SMBC |
Wave 1
Funding:
Conventional Funding | £149.8m |
| PFI Credits | £185.7m |
(Includes ICT. Allocations are indicative and are likely to change.)
