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News archive - April 2009

Bidders sought for new BSF work  »  A £4 BILLION framework to procure the design and build of Academies and other educational facilities in local authorities which are not yet engaged with the BSF programme is now out to tender, offering opportunities for up to 24 main providers and their supply chains.

‘Needs-based’ framework for mismanaged college programme  »  A PACKAGE of measures centred on a “needs-based rather than a demand-led approach” has been proposed by Sir Andrew Foster in a bid to rescue the beleaguered further education building programme, which stalled in December with 144 college and sixth form schemes placed on hold.

Educational legacy for Olympic Village  »  A NEW EDUCATION campus is to be built within the Olympic Village. Planning permission has been secured for the Chobham Academy, which will specialise in Performing Arts and English, with an additional focus on sports excellence.

Funding shortfall to hit school budgets  »  THE GOVERNMENT has made “a catastrophic mistake” on the numbers of pupils staying in education after the age of 16, according to Shadow Children’s Secretary, Michael Gove. Gove’s comments were made after the Learning and Skills Council told schools and sixth form colleges that their funding for next year would be lower than they were expecting. He has now written to Schools Secretary Ed Balls, expressing concern about the effect of the decrease in funding on their budgets, teachers and students.