Sustainable schools: are we building schools for the future? Government response to the Committee's seventh report of session 2006-07 sixth special report of session 2006-07

House of Commons papers 1078 2006-07

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Education and Skills Committee

Author:

Barry Sheerman (chairman)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £6.00

Under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme the Government is seeking to rebuild or refurbish all secondary schools in England over a 15-year period at a cost of £45 billion, with local authorities participating in a series of 15 'waves'. This document sets out the Government's reply to a report by the Education and Skills Committee (HCP 140-I, session 2006-07; ISBN 9780215035974) published in August 2007. The report examined the progress being made on the programme and made recommendations about the ways in which the process might be improved, focusing on three key areas: the planning and procurement process; whether the objective of educational transformation is really at the heart of the process; and whether the issue of sustainability has been adequately defined and has a sufficiently high profile. Responses are given under a number of headings including: procurement problems; learning lessons from previous 'waves'; PFI and capital funding; primary schools; further education; educational transformation; local decisions and Government policy; developing the use of ICT; future proofing; accountability framework; sustainable procurement; and BSF project management.

Extent	[2], 21p.	ISBN	9780215036735
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