Education and Skills - Seventh Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 July 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
Preface
1 Introduction
Background to Building Schools for the Future
The introduction of Building Schools for the Future
The current situation
The aim of the report
2 The planning and procurement process
Learning the early lessons
Information and knowledge management
Economies of scale and scope for standardisation
ICT procurement
Time to think and time to change the culture of schools
Learning from Academies
The role of the Department
PFI and capital funding
Primary schools
Further Education
Linking BSF and college redevelopment
Redeveloping the remainder of the Further Education estate
Funding college redevelopment
Sustainability
3 Educational transformation
Local decisions versus Government policy
Developing the use of ICT
Future proofing
14-19 education
Personalisation
Accountability framework
Integration of secondary, primary and special needs education
4 Sustainability
Assessing environmental impact
The costs of reducing schools' carbon footprint
Infrastructure
Sustainable procurement
Educational sustainability and systemic change
Sustainable use of schools
5 Conclusions
Is BSF the best way to spend £45 billion on education?
The Management of the BSF project
The role of the DCSF and a single gateway for BSF
How will we know if BSF has been a success?
Transforming education
Sustainability
Scrutiny of Building Schools for the Future
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal minutes
Witnesses (Volume II)
List of written evidence (Volume II)
List of unprinted evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE - HC 140-II
24 May 2006
3 July 2006
5 July 2006
25 October 2006
1 November 2006
6 December 2006
24 January 2007
Written Evidence
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