Building Schools for the Future
£192m is being spent over four years (January 2010
- January 2014) to totally transform secondary education in
the borough under the Building Schools for the Future
programme, an investment plan that will help renew or rebuild every
secondary school in the borough.
Under Building Schools for the Future:
- Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College, Wardle High, Holy
Family RC/CE, and Falinge Park will be substantially rebuilt along
with the Pupil Referral Unit at Darnhill.
- Balderstone will be amalgamated with Springhill (becoming
Kingsway Park High) with major rebuilding and remodelling on the
Springhill site.
- Middleton Technology, Matthew Moss, Cardinal Langley, Siddal
Moor and St Cuthbert’s will undergo major refurbishment.
- Brownhill School is set to be remodelled and there will be
minor refurbishment at the Saxon Hall Pupil Referral Unit.
Heywood Community School will close on 31 August 2010 with pupils
transferring to Siddal Moor.
To get money for cutting edge technology, all schools involved
in the Building Schools for the Future programme will work
together in an
ICT
Managed
Service. This investment also includes Oulder Hill and Redwood
Schools which were upgraded in 2007. The aim will be to deliver
joined-up hi-tech education that encourages shared learning and
multi-site working for staff and pupils.
The bulk of the investment money will come from the government
with Hollingworth, Wardle, Falinge Park and Holy Family projects
being delivered through the Private Finance Initiative.
News and updates
Latest BSF newsletter
- September 2009 (106kb pdf file)
Photographs
Photographs were taken of the current condition of all the
schools involved in the
BSF
programme in October
2007 and we now have some design visuals of how some will look
following remodelling.
Reports
Throughout the
BSF
programme, the
Council’s cabinet has had to consider a number of major
reports. These are available below.
BSF outline
business case - May 2008 (578kb pdf file)
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BSF timetable for draft output specification (Appendix 26) - April
2008 (104kb pdf file)
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Letter from Head of Planning & Regulation - March 2008 (745kb
pdf file)
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BSF option
appraisal report (Appendix 1a) - February 2008 (648kb pdf
file)
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Outline planning permission for Hollingworth Business &
Enterprise College (Appendix 24) - January 2008 (858kb pdf
file)
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Summary
of scope of BSF programme - Appendix 27(14kb pdf file)
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BSF scope of works -
Appendix 12 (14.8kb pdf file)
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BSF phasing plan -
Appendix 13 (12.8kb pdf file)
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PFI risk matrix - Appendix
4 (16.7kb pdf file)
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Report
for decision on the Building Schools for the Future - 18 September
2006 (116kb pdf file) ;
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Report for
decision on Building Schools for the Future – 29 January 2007 (84kb
pdf file)
Strategy for Change
Strategy for Change Part 1 (159kb
pdf);
Strategy for Change Part2 (222kb
pdf)