We have now run both of our highly successful BCSE James Review sessions – with over 80 people attending this week.
We have prepared a set of notes which you can download from here and update with your own comments and figures. The first is a case-study template (MS Word) and the second is a more general response to the consultation (MS Word). Instructions on how to return these can be found within the documents.
In the meantime we understand that Partnerships for Schools and the DfE Capital Review team have sent out invite to a number of colleagues for workshops in the next few weeks – the first next week in Sheffield focusing on Design and Procurement and I have shared below the info that has been sent out to people.
If you are involved in these sessions (representative groups such ours and RIBA, LGA are not allowed to attend!) we see these as ideal opportunities to input to and draw from learning from this group. We understand that there will also be a formal call for evidence launched next week – the interim report of the review will be out in September and the final report in December
In the meantime, I hope those templates prove helpful to you.
— Inivation to Capital Review workshops —
Dear Colleague,
On 5 July the Secretary of State launched a review of all areas of DfE capital funding with the aim of ensuring that future investment represents good value for money and strongly supports the Government’s ambitions to raise standards and tackle disadvantage.
Future capital investment will give priority to core needs of the school system such as ensuring that there are enough school places and that those schools that do need rebuilding and renovation will in future receive that money in a more timely and efficient manner. The terms of reference for the review and further information can be found on the DFE website at the following link: http://www.education.gov.uk/news/news/bsf-review
Underpinning the review there are five main work streams, these are: Capital Sources and Allocation, Maintenance and life cycle, Design and Procurement, Build strategy and Controls process and performance measures.
Over the coming weeks we will be holding a series of workshops and we have identified a number of stakeholders who we think could make a valuable contribution. The workshops will be held over two days: the first day will focus on mapping existing processes; on the second we will start to map how the future process could look.
We very much hope you will want to take part in this important piece of work which will help shape the future of our capital investment in schools and other facilities.
We would like to invite you the workshop on Design and Procurement. Unfortunately we are unable to cover the costs of travel and accommodation on this occasion but it will be held on 5th and 6th August at the Department for Education building in Sheffield.
Department for Education
2 St Paul’s Place
125 Norfolk Street
Sheffield
S1 2FJIf you or are a representative are able to attend please accept this outlook calendar invitation or send an email confirmation to capital.review@education.gsi.gov.uk, letting us know if you have any special dietary requirements.
An agenda and directions will be sent on in due course. We hope to see you there.
Best regards,
Sebastian James (Capital Review Chair)
Dugald Sandeman (Senior DfE Review Sponsor)
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