Education Funding Agency publishes detail of £300m capital and £700m PF2 schools work
The £300m of extra capital-funded schools work announced by the Education Funding Agency today will be released to market in four geographic batches.
The Education Funding Agency has confirmed that the schools will be grouped in four batches: the West Midlands, North East, East and North West of England.
The West Midlands batch will be eight schools worth £39m; North East 2 seven schools worth £63m; East of England 2 six schools worth £60m; and North West 3 six schools worth £48m. The Education Funding Agency said it expects the batches to come to market within the next six months.
These come on top of eight capital batches already announced and in procurement.
Full details have also now been confirmed of the five PF2 funded batches announced this morning. These will be Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading (£122m); North East (£94m); North West (£93m); Yorkshire (£97m); and Midlands (£122m). These will come to market over the next year, according to the EFA.
There are 12 batches of schools being funded using capital grant. These will be delivered using the DfE’s Contractors’ Framework.
The batches are:
| Batch | Approximate number of schools | Approximate construction Value | Local authorities |
|---|---|---|---|
| North East 1 | 9 | £57m | Durham, East Riding, Gateshead, Sheffield, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland |
| Midlands 1 | 6 | £38m | Coventry |
| London | 7 | £75m | Barnet, Bromley, Camden, Greenwich, Lambeth, Newham, Waltham Forest |
| North West 1 | 8 | £47m | Blackpool, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Manchester, Tameside |
| South | 7 | £41m | Bristol, Devon, Isle of Wight, Poole, Southampton, Wiltshire |
| East of England 1 | 6 | £23m | Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent |
| Midlands 2 | 4 | £28m | Birmingham, Derby, Nottinghamshire |
| North West 2 | 4 | £21m | Liverpool, St Helens, Wirral |
| West Midlands | 8 | £39m | Birmingham, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton |
| North East 2 | 7 | £63 | Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland |
| East of England 2 | 6 | £60m | Essex, Hertfordshire, Peterborough, Suffolk |
| North West 3 | 6 | £48m | Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Salford, Tameside |
Forty-six schools in 5 batches will be rebuilt under the government’s new approach to Public Private Partnerships, known as PF2. These schools have a total funding requirement of approximately £700 million.
These batches are:
| Batch | Approximate number of schools | Approximate notional construction value | Local authorities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading | 7 | £122m | Hertfordshire, Luton, Reading |
| North East | 12 | £94m | Durham, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland |
| North West | 12 | £93m | Blackpool, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Manchester, Stockport, Wigan, Wirral |
| Yorkshire | 7 | £97m | Bradford, Kirklees, North Yorkshire |
| Midlands | 8 | £122m | Birmingham, Coventry, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Sandwell |
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