PSBP schools encouraged to follow the leader

0370 270 6000

Search Mobile

collapse

already registered?

Please sign in with your existing account details.

Email address

Password

need to register?

Register to access exclusive content, sign up to receive our updates and personalise your experience on brownejacobson.com.

Privacy statement - Terms and conditions

Forgotten your password?

collapseSign

Browne Jacobson home

Home

Insights

Blogs

PSBP schools encouraged to follow the leader

12 December 2012

The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) remains in its infancy but indications from early schemes we are advising on suggest recipients of PSBP funding may be encouraged to group together under a lead school. The lead may assume some responsibility for negotiations and discussions of, and advice on, the legal documents - feeding back concerns of the group to the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

This might represent a useful streamlining of the process, reducing the number and diversity of comments raised. However, it could be a significant responsibility, with other members of the group investing a great deal of confidence in the lead to protect their interests and reflect any issues specific to particular schools.

In time, a simple form of collaboration agreement might be needed. For now, PSBP schools should, at the very least, make contact with those in their local scheme - relationships built early on could put these schools ahead of the game when the procurement starts in earnest.

related opinions

Security in schools – new guidance from the Department for Education

Following a consultation last year on a draft form, the Department for Education (DfE) has now published extensive guidance for schools and colleges in relation to security.

View blog

General election 2019 - implications for schools

Parliament has announced that a general election will take place in the UK on Thursday 12 December 2019. Schools are popular places for polling stations and whilst some larger schools are able to continue to operate on election day, many smaller schools are forced to close.

View blog

Admission policies may confuse disadvantaged families

In the run up to the deadline for completing the application form for secondary admissions for September 2020 entry, the Good Schools Guide has reported that some admission policies for state funded schools may confuse parents who are less affluent, work at weekends or have English as an additional language.

View blog