With a new term about to start we are looking to step up the pace of our Centre for School Design activity and blogging. One way we want to do this is every week to feature a key best practice theme and post all of the up to date information that we can gather from [...]
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Building Better Schools conference – have your say
Over the next few weeks we are finalising our programme for our BCSE Annual Conference – which this year has the theme: Building Better Schools – academies, free schools and the big society We are delighted to be hosting our conference this year with Manchester City Council who have led the way in thinking big [...]
What you may have missed in July?
Again, a month is a very long time in the current climate of educational revolution. Looking back, it’s very hard to believe that it was less than a month ago that Michael Gove read the last rites over the BSF programme and announced the review chaired by Sebastian James. The interim report is due in [...]
Academies and Free Schools Advisory Service
Monday’s passing of the Academies Bill in parliament heralded a radical change in the landscape of education in a way not seen for 20 years. As a flagship coalition policy, Academies and Free schools will aim to shift and outperform the old way of delivering education. There are also a number of new elements in [...]
The Best of Britain’s Schools
We must remember amidst all of the challenges and difficulties presented by the last 2 weeks and the cancellation of the BSF programme that teachers, local authorities, architects, contractors and suppliers have been and are still building some world class school buildings and learning environments. So with an unashamed focus on the positive – here [...]
Responding to the James review
The more we’ve looked at the review looking at the overhaul of England’s school building programmes led by Sebastian James, the more we’re seeing opportunities to rationalise what had become a cumbersome and inefficient means of improving the standards of school stock. Over the next few weeks, we’re hoping to use The Centre for School [...]
Survey shows school environment impacts on behaviour
Amidst the multitude of stories about Building Schools for the Future in the past few weeks, there has been little up to date research quoted about the impact of school environments – and a lot of incredibly woeful debates and uninformed accounts saying “do school buildings matter?”. Our most recent survey of over 500 teachers [...]
Free schools – connecting the dots
The news has been full of stories about Free Schools recently. We have seen stories that concentrate on parent power and the freedom to set their own curriculum, and in contrast we have seen stories concentrating on how shops such as Woolworths and other buildings will be converted to house these schools. But what has [...]
What you may have missed in June?
It’s been a busy month in the world of school design. Amid the financial uncertainty, a number of key annual industry events took place during the month, including the BCSE Industry Awards – a great evening with a range of inspirational speakers. You can see a full list of the winners here and we’ll be [...]
