Acknowledgements
3. In the inquiry we took evidence from:
- Jim Knight MP, Minister of
State for Schools and 14-19 Learning;
- Parmjit Dhanda MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State for Children, Young People and Families;
- Sally Brooks, Divisional Manager, Schools Capital
(Policy and Delivery), DfES;
- Tim Byles, Chief Executive, Partnerships for
Schools;
- Martin Lipson, 4ps;[2]
- Michael Buchanan, Place Group;
- David Lloyd Jones, Studio E Architects;
- Angela Rawson and Janet Newton, Lancashire County
Council;
- Allan Jarvis, Bradford BSF Project Team;
- David Kester, Chief Executive, and Hilary Cottam,
Head of RED team, Design Council;
- John Sorrell, Sorrell Foundation;
- Ty Goddard, School Works;
- Richard Simmons, Chief Executive, Commission
on the Built Environment (CABE);
- Rob Shed and Barry White, Skanska;
- Mike Blackburn, BT Education and Local Government;
- Marcus Orlovsky, Bryanston Square;
- Nick Kalisperas, Director, Markets, Intellect;
- Martin Lamb, Area Director, Hampshire and Isle
of Wight Learning and Skills Council;
- Graham Moore, Principal, Stoke-on-Trent College;
- John Widdowson, Principal and Chief Executive,
New College Durham;
- Dr Stewart Davies, Business Commissioner, Sustainable
Development Commission;
- Martin Mayfield, Arup;
- Stan Terry, Heads Teachers and Industry Limited
(HTI);
- Alan Yates, Technical Director, BREEAM, Building
Research Establishment;
- Chris Archer, Services Director, Children's Services
Department, Nottingham City Council;
- Jim Burke, Principal, Academy of St Francis of
Assisi, Liverpool; and
- Caroline Morland, Edunova Ltd.
4. We also held two seminars, one at the beginning
of the inquiry and one once we had finished gathering evidence.
The participants in the first seminar were: Andy Ford, Partner,
Fulcrum Consulting, and CABE enabler for Sustainability; Phil
Green, Director of Education, Bradford; Professor Stephen Heppell;
John Houlihan, Local Education Partnership Acting General Manager,
Integrated Bradford; and Sharon Wright, Creative Wit. Those who
attended the second seminar were: Damian Allen, Executive Director,
Children's Services, Knowsley Council; Dr Chris Gerry, Chief Executive,
New Line Learning Federation; Professor Stephen Heppell; Martin
Mayfield, Arup; Roland Meredith, Education Adviser; John Pilkington,
Managing Director, Strategic Development, Amey plc; and Carole
Whitty, Deputy General Secretary, National Association of Head
Teachers.
5. The Committee visited the City of London Academy,
Southwark; the Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool; Knowsley
Council; and the New Line Learning Federation, Maidstone.
6. We established a consultation exercise facilitated
for us by Teachers' TV through their website. Teachers, governors
and other school staff were invited to give their views on what
they wanted from the Building Schools for the Future programme,
and 148 people responded. Teachers' TV is also preparing a documentary
on the inquiry process, which it intends to screen in conjunction
with the publication of the report. We are grateful to Teachers'
TV for the help that they have given us.
7. We are grateful to all of those who participated
in the inquiry whether through providing evidence in person or
in writing, through participating in seminars or participating
in a visit. We are also grateful to Toby Greany, formerly of the
Design Council and now of the National Council for School Leadership,
for advising us during the inquiry.
8. As we came to the end of our inquiry, the DfES
was divided into the Department for Children, Schools and Families
and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Responsibility
for BSF now rests with DCSF and we have reflected that in the
text. However, some historical references to the DfES remain.
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