Building Schools for the Future

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Firm foundations for Islington’s Schools

Building works that will transform education across Islington are moving ahead at a fast pace, following achievement of financial close on the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme on 8 July 2008.

Islington Council has signed contracts with Transform Islington Ltd to go ahead with improvement works on schools in phase one of the BSF programme. Transform Islington Ltd will also be responsible for carrying out work on all the other secondary schools in the borough. Each will be substantially refurbished or completely rebuilt in order to provide first class learning environments and teaching facilities.

Read more in the press release which can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Latest Newsletter now available

The latest edition of the Islington Schools for the Future newsletter is now available. With stories including: greener schools in Islington, the use of ICT to support teaching and learning, and updates on what’s happening behind the hoardings at schools being re-developed.

Read more by downloading the latest newsletter, available at the bottom of this page.

Building Schools for the Future in Islington

All of Islington’s secondary schools are being refurbished or rebuilt over the next five years with over £140 million funding from Building Schools for the Future.

The programme creates an important opportunity to transform the way that secondary schools function, developing buildings for the twenty-first century, with teaching and learning to match.

Islington’s Building Schools for the Future will deliver:

• eight new or refurbished secondary schools by 2012
• a new purpose-built Pupil Referral Unit and a secondary SEN school
• millions of pounds of investment in managed ICT services
• at least 20% renewable energy produced at each school site

The first phase of development started this Spring term (2008) and will deliver three upgraded schools by 2010. To find out more about Islington’s secondary schools programme, use the links and menu options at the side of this page.

Contacts

For more information relating to Islington’s Building Schools for the Future programme, please contact:

Tom Louvre
Email: tom.louvre@islington.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7527 5540

Fran Stewart
Email: fran.stewart@islington.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7527 5954