Standardised school design guidance to be published 'this summer'

The government will publish guidance on standardised school design “this summer”, Mike Green of the Education Funding Agency told the Government Construction Summit.

He dismissed fears about standardised school design: “We are not going to create identikit schools, far from it.”

As revealed in Building last month, the EFA is preparing five batches of schools for tender - three using public capital and two using private capital - Green confirmed.

He said the government was committed to getting projects going quickly.

He said: “It’s as important to us as to you to get shovels in the ground.”