Indicative prioritisation for BSF Waves 7-15 published
02 March 2009
The DCSF has today (2 March) published an indicative prioritisation of the revised national programme for Building Schools for the Future (BSF). This is based on the revised expressions of interest which authorities with projects in Waves 7 to 15 provided to Partnerships for Schools (PfS) by the end of November 2008. It is available on the Teachernet website with a detailed explanation.
These lists are only preliminary, and the actual order in which projects are started in BSF will take into account a range of other factors. In the interests of good project management and maintaining momentum of delivery, projects will not be started where they cannot demonstrate readiness to deliver. In addition, some larger authorities need a manageable spread of work over the whole programme, and some authorities have indicated that they do not want an early start. Consideration will also be given to situations where authorities already in the programme need a further tranche of work to maintain momentum.
PfS will be contacting a number of authorities regarding the revised Readiness to Deliver guidance and next steps.
