Building Schools
Conference and
Exhibition
14 - 15 February 2006
Harrogate
The Building Schools for the Future Exhibition and Conference is the UK's first focused trade show for the Building Schools for the Future programme. The event will bring together the key stakeholders from the school rebuilding initiative.
The conference has attracted those responsible for policy, design, specification and procurement, while the exhibition will host over 100 companies from each phase of the supply chain and Local Education Partnerships (LEP).
With a keynote address by Secretary of State - Ruth Kelley- and sessions lead by many of the key players in Partnerships for Schools and the DfES – their accounts of successes and lessons learned from the Pathfinders and Wave 1 Authorities and the overall partnership working experience to date will be of value to every LEA and potential supplier in this major programme.
Special Agent will be at the BSF Exhibition and conference to promote BSF, PPI and PPP consultant opportunities. Come and discuss your requirements.
Link to the Organisers and Programme
of events below
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We hope you find our BSF eNews interesting – and that you have a great exhibition
As the only specialist BSF and educational support recruitment consultancy – we look forward to meeting individuals and companies that serve this exciting programme.
See you at Stand 11.
BSF Timelines
The first wave of the BSF programme, 2005-06, includes 19 LEAs. In total, 180 schools in England will benefit in this wave from over £2 billion of investment in their buildings.
To learn more about BSF and the opportunities, and skills currently
being sort, link through to:
How long before the funds are released?
With all the attention focussed on Waves 1 to 3 and Bristol the first Pathfinder Authority to award construction contracts just a month or so ago. Its easy to forget that the BSF programme is designed to run until 2016. Your Local Authority BSF role out timelines are in the spreadsheet you can download below.
Download the LEA by Wave Excel document
Are you on our Candidate Database ?
We are always looking for Education experienced professionals, who are looking for new challenges that support roles in the regional education system demand. These roles are on both permanent and temporary contract basis. Some roles involve travel. Others are field service and support. So if you are not up to date with your CV or contemplating a move, contact David Shearer or Carl Rigby at Special Agent and discuss a role which suits your ambition.
consultantsineducation.co.uk
david@consultantsineducation.co.uk
buildingschools4thefuture.co.uk
carl@buildingschools4thefuture.co.uk
More FAQ's on BSF?
How was the funding decided? Why were the first 3 waves allocated as they were? What do non BSF LEAs do in the interim period? Check out the consultation document and other DfES publications that are all too often buried in their website.
The DfES’s dedicated BSF website answers some of the most common questions on BSF. Link to the web version of the DfES FAQ document
DfES BSF FAQs>>
Other questions and much more useful information can be gleaned at the main DfES site with this search
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/search
and on the Partnerships for Schools website
http://www.p4s.org.uk/
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Building Teams
and
Experience
One of the major issues for the implementation of BSF by both Local Authorities and Consultants and Contractors in Public Sector is the lack of BSF experience. This is not confined to any particular level but is apparent across the board.
Donald Farquharson, (left)
Regional Director Faithful & Gould and ex PfS interim Project Director
&
Spencer Mehlman,
Managing Director of Special Agent – The Education Sector Recruiter discuss the implications of BSF knowledge and capability...
 
"Having recently moved from the Public to the Private Sector, it is becoming evident that “BSF Experience” is becoming a Holy Grail when it comes to evaluating bids," comments Donald.
If “BSF” is not on the CV, it is highly unlikely that you will win – despite considerable PFI/PPP and Education sector experience. This of course leads to a self-perpetuating circle where by a few consultants in a few firms are working the length and breadth of the country, spreading themselves even thinner!!
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BSF & Academy Programmes
Special Agent has created a unique BSF support and recruitment delivery operation to help LEA's and product and service providers identify the crucial personnel that will enable these cutting edge projects to come to life.
The governments' 10-15 year programme for raising education across the nation is gathering pace; key to this change process is the refurbishment and rebuilding of UK secondary schools.
Key roles recruited for include:
- Developing local education visions and education strategies
- BSF Directors & Managers
- BSF / PFI Bid Managers
- Relationship Managers
- Lead the design of the new learning environments
- Child Services Directors & Managers
- Business Development Consultants
- "LEP" Specialists
- Relationship Managers
- Project Managers
- Education Consultants
- Academy specialists
- ICT Visioning
Useful links:
BSJ (building schools journal / exhibition): www.buildingschools.co.uk
Partnerships 4 schools: www.p4s.org.uk
DfES BSF site - www.bsf.gov.uk
Academies and targeted funding
Where schools are struggling to achieve 25% A-C passes at GCSE then they are considered by DfES to have problems.
(City) Academy Status was originally a programme designed by DfES for city schools; Academy status now applies to any school below the 25% hurdle.
The Academies programme tries to bring together private sector funding along with a cash injection from the DfES. In return for finding £2m of private sector cash funding, DfES will contribute £10m (or more) to develop the school What difference could a £12m investment make to your school? (Depending on the nature of the task, it could be more than £12m).
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Other questions and much more useful information can be gleaned at the main DfES site with this search
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/
academies
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Bradford’s Preferred Bidder Announced
Costain, as an equal shareholder in Integrated Bradford with Amey Ventures and HSBC Infrastructure Fund Management, has been announced Preferred Bidder for the Bradford BSF Pathfinder project. In addition to an equity role at LEP and SPV levels Costain will also deliver the new school facilities as part of a fully integrated joint venture with Ferrovial Agroman. Costain is also at the ITN stage on the Leeds BSF project in consortium with Amey Ventures, with construction delivered by a Costain/Ferrovial Agroman joint venture.
Learning21, Costain's joint venture with VT Group, is awaiting the release of the Lewisham ITN documentation. In this partnership Costain and VT Group will hold the private sector equity positions in the LEP and SPV with VT Group delivering FM, ICT and education services while Costain delivers the construction services. Learning21 is currently reviewing possible Wave 2 and 3 BSF opportunities."
Links:
www.costain.com
www.learning21.com
Operational Manager South
£65K
CR-OPS-MGR More>>
Project Admin/Support South
£15-£25 per hour
CR/PROJ/ADMIN More>>
ICT Manager/Project Manager South
The role may require working in London 1 or 2 days per week. £40-50k CR-ICT-MGR More>>
Project Manager South Market rate (Contract)
CR-PM More>>
Senior Project Manager
Manchester
Strong IT literacy skills and knowledge of MS Project and Excel Negotiable
CR/Senior/PM/North More>>
Academy Project Manager London The concept of schools at the heart of community regeneration Negotiable
CR/Senior/PM/South More>>
BSF Project Manager/ICT London £60K +
ICT-PM-BSF More>>
BSF Visioning Project Manager/ICT London £50 - £60k+
PM-VISIONING-ICT More>>
Academy Project Manager
London - 3 project managers to work for a well known Educational Consultancy in London. Negotiable
CR-ACAD-PM More>>
Lead Education Consultant North and South £55-£60K
LEC-MAN More>>
BSF Manager Home Counties
Applicants must be flexible, as this position will involve national travel. £50-£60K
BSFHC More>>
Bid Manager (BSF) UK Wide
The location of the role is flexible but candidates should be comfortable commuting to London or Manchester once a week. Negotiable
BIDUK More>>
If you would like to discuss any of these positions further please telephone the number below and ask speak to David or Carl.
SPECIALIST SCHOOLS, THE MODEL FOR REFORM
31 January 2006
Specialist schools are a driving force for raising standards said Schools Minister Jacqui Smith today as she congratulated the 123 schools across the country that have been successful in their bid for Specialist status.
Specialist schools – with external sponsors, strong leadership and a clear sense of mission backed by challenging targets and partnerships with other schools – have consistently outperformed other comprehensives.
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