Liverpool has unveiled an alternative investment plan for its secondary schools following the cancellation of its Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
Nottingham City Council has started legal proceedings to challenge Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove’s decision to scrap the £55billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
The Department for Education’s (DfE) withdrawal of funding for the majority of Building Schools for the Future projects may not at this time be front page news, but the headache for local authorities remains as troublesome as ever.
Sandwell Council leader Cllr Darren Cooper is set for crunch talks today with education secretary Michael Gove in a bid to save the borough's schools' modernisation programme from the axe.
Councils have spent at least £160 million doing the legally required preparation and paperwork for school rebuilding projects which have now been cancelled, according to new figures from the Local Government Association (LGA).
Despite the current uncertainty around the future funding of BSF in many quarters, it seems certain that technology will play a leading role in the future development of the UK’s schools. LGE hears from Simon Nakra, of education technology provider, DRS Data Services Limited.
Interserve has been awarded a £30million contract to design and build the new Leeds West Academy for Leeds City Council - part of the third phase of developments in the Leeds Building Schools for the Future programme.
