Building Schools for the Future (BSF)
- Duration: 15:00 minutes
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- Published: 13 12 2007
- Licence information for Building Schools for the Future (BSF)
- Part of the series Just for Governors
Summary
Simon Mares, chair of governors at Little Ilford School in Newham, discovers the implications for a governing body of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Mares is involved in the early stages of a complete rebuild of Little Ilford School under the BSF programme. He visits Whitefield Fishponds School in Bristol - a school where the project is now far advanced - in order to learn some valuable lessons.
He is particularly interested in the ICT provision and the sustainability features, both of which are expected to be central to every BSF project.
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Related links (7)
Partnerships for Schools
Information regarding the BSF process, including procedure and contact details
Partnerships for Schools: Publications
A wealth of information on the BSF process can be downloaded here
Building Schools for the Future
This government website provides all relevant information on BSF for schools and members of the public
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4ps is local government's project delivery specialist, working in partnership with all local authorities to secure funding and accelerate the development, procurement and implementation of BSF
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Downloadable publications on designing the new BSF schools including documents on exemplar designs, sustainability, transformational buildings and extended schools
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Comments (4)
Undoubtably new facilties perk up the interest, if the same thing is broken day after day it promotes the "why bother" attitude. I do wonder if only some schools should have been replaced, setting the rest of the monies aside for more refurbishment, but then surely, maintenance is an ongoing expenditure. How many years before the new schools start to deteriorate? At the end of the day, it's the teachers that make the biggest difference, for good or bad.
I was the chair of governors of a bsf school and involved with the concept from beginning to near the end of the project it was great to be apart of the whole process going to meetings learning so much. The schools new look has definitely made a difference to pupil engagement to learning, pulling in those difficult pupils who would normally be disengaged. The ethos of the whole school has changed exam results going up constantly. It just shows with proper investment in schools does work but investment needs to be sustained not just in buildings but in resources and teaching staff. Then there would be no need to do what our local council is doing turning most of its schools into trusts or academy's after these refurbs or rebuilds.
We are preparing for new build 2010 a getting are heads around the versatility a new school requires for new ways of teaching and learning for the future, we are pleased to see any new projects showing sustainability of use. Very good BSF info for Governors
Kevin Bates Governor
Babington College Leicester
Very helpful to see the advantages and pitfalls of this huge project.