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Building schools for the future

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the biggest national schools investment programme in over 50 years. The government's plan to rebuild or renew every secondary age state school in England during the 15-year lifetime of this £40 billion programme.

Find out about BSF in person

If you would like to find out more about school choices for your child and future changes to Camden’s schools, drop in to the road show and speak to the BSF team:

  • Wednesday 27 January 2010, 2.30pm - 6pm at West Hampstead library
  • Thursday 28 January 2010, 7pm - 9pm at Kilburn library
  • Tuesday 2 February 2010, 2.30pm - 6pm at Swiss Cottage library

Plans on display for the first time

We are holding drop in events to show the two competing sets of plans for:

  1. Adelaide Road schools (UCL Academy and Swiss Cottage special school
    Wednesday 17 March and Thursday 18 March 2010, 6-8pm at Swiss Cottage special school
  2. South Camden Community School.
    Monday 22 March and Tuesday 23 March 2010, 6-8pm at South Camden Community School

What does BSF mean for Camden schools?

BSF is not simply a construction programme, it is part of a range of changes which will transform secondary learning for Camden's children and young people:

All Camden secondary schools have produced a strategy for change, setting out how BSF will transform learning. Below are the strategies for the 'sample' schools. These schools are the in the first phase of the BSF programme:

You can request the strategy for change for any Camden secondary schools by contacting building schools for the future

Camden BSF bidders

We are currently in dialogue with two bidders.

We aim to select a strategic partner to enter in to a BSF Local Education Partnership (LEP). The partner/consortium will supply the complete range of design, construction, facilities management and ICT services involved in the Building Schools for the Future programme.

We held a BSF bidders' day on 27 February 2009. Read more about this event, including presentations, who attended and Camden's Pupil Briefs

On 6 April 2009 we published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

From the responses received, we shortlisted two bidders who met the pre-qualifying criteria. The bidders are:

The first phase of dialogue lasts until September 2009, when bidders submit their response. The responses will be evaluated, and at the end of October 2009 a second phase of dialogue takes place.

By May 2010 we will confirm the selected bidder and start the preparations for the programme to begin. The LEP will be set up and building work is likely to start in late September 2010.

Contact

If you have a question or would like more information, please contact building schools for the future

Contacts

Last updated: 19 January 2010