Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

• What is BSF?
• Haringey’s BSF programme
• BSF Schools for the Future newsletter
• Transforming the way we educate young people
• Improving Schools
• Background to BSF in Haringey
• Further Information

What is BSF?

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a government initiative and is the biggest ever school buildings programme nationally. The BSF programme is intended to help rebuild or modernise nearly every secondary school in England.

Haringey’s BSF programme

BSF is about more than buildings, it is about changing or transforming the way we educate young people. Haringey’s BSF programme will see more than £200m spent on improving schools in the borough, and this will help to improve the life chances of local children and young people. The BSF programme is also encouraging change and regeneration throughout our schools and into the wider community.

Our BSF programme in Haringey aims to:

• transform learning;
• place schools at the heart of their communities; and
• contribute to social and economic regeneration.

BSF Schools for the Future newsletter

The latest Spring Edition of Schools for the Future newsletter is now available. With over £200m of funding now secured the process of transforming our schools and learning centres is well underway. Whether your a parent, student, staff member or local resident there is something for you. For an update on your local school, news on the future of secondary education in Haringey or an insight into the technology and resources that will help transform our schools read the BSF newsletter in the attached files section below.

Transforming the way we educate young people

A key way of transforming learning is through improving ICT within schools (for example computers and interactive whiteboards) so that it is simple to use, and provides reliable support to teaching and learning. Whether it is through new buildings or by existing buildings being refurbished or the provision of enhanced ICT facilities throughout, all our secondary schools will benefit.

Improving Schools

Standards of education in our schools are improving all the time. For example, the percentage of our students achieving 5+ A*-C grade GCSEs increased from 31% in 2001 to 53.2% in 2006. This improvement, along with a growing number of people arriving in the borough, has led to greater demand for secondary school places.

Background to BSF in Haringey

Each school involved in Haringey BSF considered a number of options for developing their school site and improving facilities. The preferred options were then included in a document sent to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in Autumn 2006. This document is called the Outline Business Case (OBC) (please see the BSF Programme page).

Further Information

Building Schools for the Future
Civic Centre
High Road
Wood Green
N22 8LE

Tel 020 8489 4581
Fax 020 8489 2886

Email bsf@haringey.gov.uk.

Attached Files

Filename	Filetype	Size
bsf schools for the future newsletter.pdf	PDF	689K
bsf frequent asked questions.pdf	PDF	125K
bsf glossary of terms.pdf	PDF	119K
bsf summary for suppliers.pdf	PDF	91K
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Useful External Links

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

• Building Schools for the Future website
• Civic Centre map location
• Partnership for Schools website
• Department for Children, Schools and Families website

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