A contract to enable construction to start on site in advance of the main contract being signed. These are typically only used where a school must be opened by a certain date which would not be achieved if building works did not commence ahead of the formal signing of the LEP contract.
Each BSF project will be assigned an Education Director at Partnerships for Schools, whose role is to support the local authority on the development of its Strategy for Change. In most cases, the Education Director will stay with the project throughout its journey to financial close supporting and challenging where necessary on the continued development of the vision for transformation through BSF capital.
Produced by the local authority as part of its Strategy for Change (SfC) Part 1 to articulate its aims for transforming education through the BSF programme.
BSF is much more than simply a buildings programme. It is a huge commitment that will help deliver the Every Child Matters agenda, elements of the Children’s Plan, and provides an opportunity to transform education by delivering schools that our young people, our teachers and our local communities deserve. Beyond bricks and mortar, the exciting opportunity that we have through BSF is to transform education for millions of young people, providing environments and facilities that will help every single one of them unlock the talents that they have, regardless of their background.
The Elmgreen School in Lambeth is the first local authority school to be built in Lambeth for over 40 years – and the very first ‘Parent Promoted’ school in the country. The new school, with 900 places for 11-16 year-old, a 30-place Hearing Impaired Unit and a 200-place sixth form is operating on a fully-refurbished interim site until 2009 when it will move into a permanent building.
First published in 2003, ECM is the new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. The programme places the responsibility of better outcomes for children firmly at the centre of policies and the integration of organisations providing children's services. The five outcomes are to: be healthy; stay safe; enjoy and achieve through learning; make a positive contribution to society; and achieve economic well-being.
The DCSF produced a compendium of exemplar designs for new secondary schools, the result of a design competition held during 2003, which resulted in teams of architects being chosen to produce model schemes for primary, secondary and 'all-through' schools on different types of site. You can download two exemplar design publications from the Library.
A key Government policy for increasing the community focus and use of school buildings, either through the dual use of existing facilities (such as sports halls, or providing adult education on school premises), and/or the co-location of other public services (such as libraries, health centres, etc.) on school sites. BSF seeks to encourage and facilitate the provision of extended schools.
