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Building Schools for the Future BSF. What is BSF Government/DCSF programme commenced in 2003 to refurbish or renew all Secondary Schools in England over a 15 year period All Authority’s invited to submit Expression of interest Prioritisation based upon Educational attainments 5 A*- C
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What is BSF • Government/DCSF programme commenced in 2003 to refurbish or renew all Secondary Schools in England over a 15 year period • All Authority’s invited to submit Expression of interest • Prioritisation based upon • Educational attainments 5 A*- C • Deprivation – eligibility for FSM’s
Worcestershire five waves of investment • Wyre Forest • Worcester/Malvern Hills • Redditch • Wychavon • Bromsgrove • Worcestershire first appeared in Wave 7 • Worcestershire brought forward in June 2008 into Wave 6A
What are we proposing • 4 new build High Schools: Baxter, King Charles I, Stourport & Wolverley • 1 partial new build High School: Bewdley • 1 new build Special School • 1 KS3/4 Pupil Referral Unit • 3 co-located new build Primary Schools (LA funded)
What are we proposing • Not just a building programme • Education transformation • New ways of working • Provision for ALL Young People (2015) • Specialist SEN mainstream provision • Implementing the wider Children’s Agenda • Partner and Community dimension: lifelong learning, children’s centres, early years, youth provision, local service delivery, PCT & DC
What are the outcomes • Raising achievement and attainment • Provision for all: Narrowing the Gap • Reducing exclusion, improving attendance • Personalised learning/inclusion • 14-19 entitlement • Increasing participation • Facilities fit for 21st Century • Policy developments • i) SEN • ii) PRU’s • iii) Raising participation age • iv) Delivering 14-19 agenda
The Process • Expression of Interest • Admittance into the programme • Remit meeting • Strategy for Change Part 1 – What the proposals are • Strategy for Change Part 2 – How the proposals will be delivered • Outline Business Case
The Process • OJEU • Initial Dialogue • Dialogue Phase 2 • Final Tenders • Evaluation • Selected bidder • Financial Close • Construction • Opening of First Schools
BSF: Partnerships Isla Robert Partnership Manager - BSF December 2009
Key Stakeholders As well as schools: • Health • Police • County Council, including Libraries and Cultural Services, Youth Support, Early Years and Extended Services • Voluntary Sector • District Council including Housing, Cultural Services • Wyre Forest Matters • Sports Partnership • Arts Partnership
Partnership working Principles: • Shared vision - all supporting ‘Every Child Matters’ outcomes. • Joined up planning, policies, funding. • Maximising value for money, affordability, flexibility. • Facilitating integration of relevant services. • Enabling easier access for families to key services. • Ensuring complementary rather than competing services.
Outcomes • Raising young people’s achievement and wellbeing. • A voice for young people to articulate their ideas. • Improved community activities / facilities –on school sites for all. • Increasing inclusion of minority groups. • Facilitating community cohesion and regeneration.
BSF Arts Meeting • To ensure arts and culture is an integral component in BSF plans for transforming education and community involvement. • To inform a strategic (learning village) approach to cultural plans across Wyre Forest schools and organisations. • To identify funding opportunities.
Alignment with Culture Theme Group Potential to align our work with Cultural Theme Group via Arts workstream: • Stephen Wilson - county level arts • Stephen Belinfante EIA • Wyre Forest District Council.