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Building Schools for the Future

Building Schools for the Future - Introduction

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a Government investment in secondary school estates to transform the learning experience of children. 

Funding will be rolled out across Hertfordshire over the next 10 – 15 years starting in Stevenage, which has been allocated £130m.  This is exciting news for Hertfordshire!  BSF will be the first investment in schools on this scale for over 30 years, so Hertfordshire must grasp the opportunity to make all our secondary and special schools innovative and exciting learning environments.  Our top priority is teaching and learning, and BSF investment in buildings and ICT will create 21st-century facilities to support education.

BSF is a wonderful opportunity to make things better in a variety of ways for the young people in Hertfordshire. Having a clear educational vision will drive the changes we will see first in Stevenage.

In our vision for the future we can expect to see things like:

• New and innovative ways of changing what we learn at school and how we learn it.
• Light, attractive and flexible spaces in buildings fit for the future.

• Dedicated space across institutions for vocational learning.
• Designs that promote increased access for learning and leisure.
• Sports facilities that promote healthy lifestyles for the whole community.
• A range of public services built into and around schools and extended schools.
• The best use of latest ICT in our schools.

Hertfordshire's strategy for change based on a vision for education is contained in the document below:

Building Schools for the Future - Hertfordshire's Vision for Education New

• Adobe pdf, 2MB/6 pages, 16/10/2009, hertfordshire_vision.pdf

Your Role

This is our chance to get things right for young people, and we all have a role to play in making it happen. Ultimately it is only our schools, parents and young people that can make the vision a reality.

• BSF will be another way of giving every child the best chance of achieving their potential. All young people should leave secondary school with functional skills in English and mathematics and understanding how to learn, think creatively, take risks and handle change – essential to survive and thrive in the future.
• Teachers will play their part by using their skills and knowledge to engage students as partners in learning and acting quickly to adjust teaching in response to need.
• Schools and parents will work even more closely, and parents will be shown how to support their child’s learning.
• Our county and country is full of committed, talented and skilled professionals who are working to improve the life chances of children in schools. However, there is a growing awareness that some of the practices and procedures we adopt in our education system are fast becoming outdated.
• BSF is being seen the catalyst for transformation of education in this country. BSF is not simply a buildings programme, and must not result in ‘old wine in new bottles’.

Links

A series of visioning workshops was held for schools, partner organisations and other stakeholders. Each area established a set of educational principles and what that might mean for their schools. A selection of the outputs from the workshops are available below as PDF documents from the Hertsdirect BSF webpages:

• www.hertsdirect.org/scholearn/bsf/how/bsfworkshop/

Map showing school groupings and order of funding for Building Schools for the Future

• www.hertsdirect.org/infobase/docs/pdfstore/bsfmap.pdf

Further Information

Building Schools for the Future - LEP and FM Managed Services Workshop - January 2008

• Powerpoint 2003, 661kb/21 pages, 18/03/2008, lepfm_workshop_jan08.ppt

Facilities Management and BSF

• Powerpoint 2003, 316kb/9 pages, 18/03/2008, facilities_management.ppt

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