School Management

Reforming the School Estate: Creating Schools Fit For the Future

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Overview

Improving efficiency in schools is essential for the government. The government wants to make sure that all schools are using their resources in the best way possible to provide a high quality teaching and learning environment for all their pupils. A school estate that is efficiently run can maximise value for money and also improve the learning experience of all students.

On 5 July 2010, Education Secretary Michael Gove brought an end to the previous government's 'Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF),' and announced a review of all areas of the department's capital spending. Its purpose was to ensure that future capital investment represents good value for money and strongly supports the government’s ambitions to reduce the deficit, raise standards and tackle disadvantage. On the 19 July 2011, the government accepted many of the review recommendations subject to a thorough consultation.

In response to the independent Capital review recommendations, the government will revise school building regulations to reduce unnecessary burdens and bureaucracy. The Consultation on Revised School Premises Regulations was launched on the 3 November 2011, and closed on the 26 January 2012. The new proposals provide strong safeguards, especially for vulnerable pupils, but free up schools to take a more common sense approach. The government is also looking to improve the design of schools to achieve better buildings and better value.

The government has also announced that an extra £500 million of capital funding will be available this financial year (2011-12) for those local authorities where rising pupil numbers are putting severe pressure on school capacity.

Agenda

With major decisions to be made in the education sector in regards to future school capital, this exclusive forum will look at how best to create an effective education system that prepares young people to be successful in life and in work, and how future funding will ensure that school and college buildings can be renovated to be fit for purpose in order to support successful teaching and learning.

09:15	Registration and Coffee
10:00	Chair’s Welcome Address Dr Catherine Burke, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge (CONFIRMED)
10:15	Delivering 21st Century Schools Lessons Learnt from the Building Schools for the Future Programme Delivering 21st century schools that are designed to help every young person achieve their potential Ensuring that taxpayers get the best value from every education pound spent Ensuring that investment in schools represents good value for money and strongly supports the government's ambitions to reduce the deficit Taking forward the Priority School Building Programme The future of privately financed programme to provide school facilities Russell Andrews, Director, Technology & Planning, Partnerships for Schools (CONFIRMED)
10:35	Achieving Better Value for Money and Improving Efficiency in Capital Investment Making the most of your resources and facilities Ensuring all members of the school leadership team have a clear understanding of financial management The role of the school business manager in developing better quality premises Trevor Summerson, Head, School Business Management and Efficiency, National College for School Leadership (CONFIRMED)
10:55	Questions and Answers Session
11:15	Coffee Break and Networking
11:35	Refurbishing Historic School Buildings Ensuring the longevity of existing schools How can historic school buildings respond to the changing needs of education and to changes in demographics Constructive Conservation Updating and refurbishing historic buildings fit for the 21st century Successful school refurbishment case studies Tim Brennan, Senior Regeneration Adviser, English Heritage (CONFIRMED)
11:55	Designing and Building Efficient Schools: A Contractor’s View Value for Money – standardisation: quality v. price? Fitness for purpose – what should this mean? Sustainability in school projects Creating value Michael Buchanan, Education Director, Galliford Try (CONFIRMED)
12:15	Making Current Design Cost-Effective: Shaping the Future of Education Inspiring learning through the school environment The future of school design - creating effective and efficient learning environments Working towards a Decent School Standard The role of teachers, pupils and parents in designing learning environments Examples of best practice Nusrat Faizullah, Chief Executive, British Council for School Environments (CONFIRMED)
12:35	Questions and Answers Session
12:50	Lunch and Networking
13:50	Afternoon Keynote: Transforming School Procurement: Delivering Value for Money Cost-effective procurement Procurement priorities Achieving greater value for money and the improved delivery of better school buildings through procurement Opening up the marketplace for schools Potential of collaborative procurement for schools Achieving excellence in procurement Jack Salter MCIPS, Head of Commercial Policy, Department for Education (CONFIRMED)
14:10	Engaging in Open Source Software Building better schools: the role of open source software in creating schools fit for the future Implementing open source technology and achieving value for money Experiences from Egglescliffe School Best practice Brian Lockwood, Former Director of IT, Egglescliffe School, Stockton-on-Tees (CONFIRMED)
14:30	Questions and Answers Session
14:45	Coffee Break and Networking
15:05	Making the Most of Your Outside Space Enhancing outdoor learning and play opportunities with small budgets Helping schools to inform the design of outdoor learning and play spaces Case studies Juno Hollyhock, Executive Director, Learning through Landscapes (CONFIRMED)
15:25	Questions and Answers Session & Closing Discussion
15:45	Chair's Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

The audience will comprise of local authorities, central government departments & bodies, schools, private, legal & voluntary sectors including head teachers and principals, ICT providers, school governors, directors of education, children and youth services, capital managers, property managers, school estate managers, elected members for education, school improvement advisors, education consultants, academia, private; and all those with an interest in this area.