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Building schools for the future

Introduction

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme. The aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England.

Calderdale's BSF Programme aims to rebuild or renew its secondary schools over a period of 10 - 15 years. Far from being just another school building programme, BSF provides Calderdale with the opportunity to combine significant capital investment in state-of-the-art buildings and ICT facilities with a bold educational vision to transform teaching and learning and locate schools at the heart of their community.

Local Authority expression of interest for inclusion in the Building Schools for the Future programme [PDF file 33KB]|

This section aims to provide users with regular updates on the programme's progress. If you would like more information about the national BSF programme, please visit:

Partnerships for Schools (PfS)|
Partnerships for Schools (PfS) was established in 2004 by the DCSF and Partnerships UK to deliver BSF, the capital investment programme that will help transform every single secondary school in England.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council successfully developed a five-school replacement scheme under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme.  The scheme was to replace:

• Savile Park Primary School  
• Park Lane High  (formerly South Halifax High School) 
• Halifax High at Wellesley Park
• Sowerby Bridge High School  
• Ryburn Valley High School  

Detailed information about the project at each of these schools is provided in this section. All of the schools concerned have reported dramatic change in behaviour and attendance; GCSE results have also improved.  Colleagues believe that behaviour at break times especially can be attributed to the provision of wide corridors, circulation space and recreation areas.

The cost of the scheme was £53.9 million; work commenced on site in July 2003 and was completed in April 2005.

The Authority is extremely proud of this successful and prestigious project.  It was so successful because of the fantastic team work within the whole of the feasibility and procurement stages.  The schools and councillors were involved at all stages, and sound reporting systems were put in place throughout the whole of the process.

All schools were involved in drawing up output specifications and fixed furniture and equipment requirements together with progress meetings.

The team comprised:

• Babcock and Brown;
• Balfour Beatty Construction;
• AEDAS - Architects;
• Whitby Bird M and E Consultants;
• Initial Facilities Management

Technical Consultants: White Young Green Management Services
Project Advisers: Hewitt Freeborn Associates

Should you require further information on the projects detailed, please contact

• Name
• Alan Winstanley, Principal Officer Access and Capital
• Address
• Children and Young People’s Services
  Northgate House
  Halifax HX1 1UN
• E-mail
• alan.winstanley@calderdale.gov.uk
• Telephone
• 01422 392501.

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