NAO PFI Conference July 08 Sal Wilson Operations Director Partnerships for Schools

The BSF journey Largest and most ambitious programme of its kind in the world 3,500 secondary schools in England Better facilities for 3.3 million pupils Better work places for thousands of teachers BSF allocated £9.3 billion over next three years

BSF: Key facts 13 schools now open Contracts signed for 19 BSF schemes – worth over £2.5 billion More than 70 LAs engaged in BSF in Waves 1-6 Over 1,000 schools now engaged A learning programme –Strategy for Change –Procurement Review –Operational LEP Review –Acceleration of pipeline

The LEP Proposition Public Sector Offers –Exclusivity over large volume of work –More certainty over committed funding –Repeat business with a single client –High reward to bidding ratio Private Sector brings –Innovation in design and technology –Development capital and expertise –Supply chain management skills Continuous improvement Scale economy Integration of services –Faster delivery LEP brings –Alignment of objectives –Strategic approach –Wider opportunity for regeneration and co-location –A focus on outcomes

Benefits Realisation Strategy for Change Speed of delivery Value for Money Integrated services Educational KPIs Continuous Improvement targets National Benchmarking Track Record Test Market consolidation/response

Challenges “Strategy for Change” –Who, when, where, what ? –Pupil Place Planning –Estates strategy Standardisation –Additional dynamic in negotiation –Programme v project Partnership, partnership, partnership –Needs investment –Needs role clarity –Skills and capacity –LEP role in educational outcomes

BSF: making a real difference Independent research carried out by NFER exploring impact of the school environment on young people’s attitudes to education and learning - measuring impact at one of the first BSF schools to open: Bristol Brunel Academy Survey of c. 200 Year 7 and 8 students ‘before’ and ‘after’ (Speedwell Technology College in summer term 2007 and after in Bristol Brunel Academy in late autumn 2008) Students: say they feel safer and enjoy going to school more now because of their new surroundings Teachers: say they enjoy teaching more and feel more motivated and proud to be a teacher at the school

BSF: making a real difference (detail) 87 per cent of students said they felt safe at school most or all of the time, compared with 57 per cent prior to BSF 77 per cent said that they felt proud of their school, compared with 43 per cent previously 61 per cent said they enjoyed going to school, compared with 50 per cent previously 33 per cent feel that vandalism was at least ‘a bit of a problem’ in their school, compared with 84 per cent prior to BSF 16 per cent feel that bullying was a big problem, compared with 39 per cent of students in the ‘before’ survey 77 per cent of students expect to stay on in the sixth form, compared with 64 per cent previously. (report available online: )