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The UK government has been active in the use of the 'Private Finance Initiative' for school renewal. Most recently, this policy has been pursued through a policy known as 'Building Schools for the Future'. Other governments around the world have shown a close interest in the use of PPPs for infrastructure renewal, with some following suit.
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| Building Blocks? An Investigation into Building Schools for the Future (PDF) |
| Katharine Quarmby, Anna Fazackerley, 2009 |
| Policy Exchange |
| This report investigates the UK's £55billion Building Schools for the Future programme. It questions two underlying BSF premises: (1) that outstanding school design raises educational achievement; (2) information technology raises educational achievement. It recommends that BSF revert to a pure procurement model with the powers of its delivery body, Partnerships for Schools, curtailed. It also argues that the role of technology in UK schools requires revision and that the current BSF model pays insufficient notice to the sustainability agenda. |
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| Building Schools for the Future (Web Page) |
| National Audit Office (NAO), 2009 |
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A new assessment of the BSF infrastructure renewal programme. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) project delivery times, even if the speed of delivery compares well with previous school building programmes.
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| Investment in School Facilities and PFI: Do They Play a Role in Educational Outcomes? (PDF) |
| KPMG Infrastructure Research, 2008 |
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| This study examines the impact of investment in school infrastructure, and the use of private finance, on educational outcomes. The authors find that increased investment in school buildings leads to improved attainment; this is perhaps not surprising. It is also claimed that educational attainment increases more following investment via PFI procurement than following investment via conventional procurement; however this result is not statistically significant and thus not a reliable indicator of future performance. |
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| Sustainable Schools: Are We Building Schools for the Future? (PDF) |
| Commons Education and Skills Committee, 2007 |
| The Stationery Office HC-140 |
| This report evaluates the progress made by Building Schools for the Future, the £45bn 15-year PFI project for school infrastructure renewal in the UK. It broadly welcomes the "hugely ambitious" project while warning against the dangers of not closely monitoring and re-evaluating goals of such size, scope and scale. |
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| Controlling the PFI process in schools: a case study of the Pimlico project |
| Edwards, P. and Shaoul, J. , 2003 |
| Policy & Politics vol.31 no.3, Jul 2003, pp.371-386 |
| This article explores how value-for-money control procedures in PFI projects are applied to schools. The Pimlico redevelopment project is taken as a case study; the evidence casts doubt on the effectiveness of regulatory control. It goes on to consider possible adaptations to PFI methodology to account for conflicting interests and targets of LEAs and school governors. |
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| Improving School Buildings (PDF) |
| Audit Commission, 2003 |
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| Asset management planning - does not cover the PFI in detail, but does mention specific issues concerning the PFI in the context of wider discussion about school buildings. |
| ISBN 1862403783 |
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| Some Lessons from Using PFI for School Building Projects |
| Ball, R.; Heafey, M. and King, D. , 2003 |
| Local Government Studies vol.29 no.2, pp.89-106 |
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| Client Guide Achieving well designed schools through PFI |
| Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 2002 |
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| Uses CABE's experience and knowledge of best practice to help the main stakeholders, particularly the client, private sector partner and the school community achieve well-designed new and refurbished schools through PFI. |
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| Taking the initiative - Using PFI Contracts to Renew Council Schools (PDF) |
| Accounts Commission for Scotland, 2002 |
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| This report on PFI in the education sector in Scotland examines the procurement, awarding, implementation, and value for money of a sample of PFI deals. It finds that financial considerations were most important in undertaking PFI, with councils managing the process well and consistently with best practice. It identifies case for a centrally led best practice in specifying school requirements. Indications of value for money are positive, with substantial benefits of PFI over traditional procurement processes. But the benefits of PFI are not always consistent. |
| ISBN 1 903433 70 3 |
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| Improving Government Performance Through Competitive Contracting (Web Page) |
| Utt, Professor Ronald. D , 2001 |
| The Heritage Foundation: No. 1452 |
| This paper examines the potential experience of a greater use of competitive contracting in the USA. This idea is raised with a commitment to increase the involvement of the private sector where possible by the federal government. The paper includes case studies of present examples in the USA of contracting, and also offers lessons from past privatisation. |
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| Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (Web Page) |
| Stosch, Walter A. , 2002 |
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| The Public Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act grants public entities the authority to create public-private partnerships for the development of a wide range of projects in education and infrastructure. The law enables public entities to determine when there is a need for a project so that they are able to call upon the services of private sector companies to gain from the benefits that they can offer in providing a public service. |
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| New Tax Law Boosts School Construction with Public-Private Partnerships (Web Page) |
| Utt, Professor Ronald. D, 2001 |
| The Heritage Foundation: No. 1463 |
| This paper looks at the changes expected from the US Tax Relief Bill signed in 2001, which provides greater incentive to engage in public private partnerships (PPP). It outlines the benefits of PPP's using examples from Europe, the UK, Canada and the US. The author asserts that through partnerships, the US school system can focus on education, whilst for profit developers can apply their expertise in the construction of facilities. |
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| Investing for Excellence (Web Page) |
| Department for Education & Skills (DFES), 1999 |
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| Examines the scope for PPPs and the PFI in helping the government to meet educational needs, the potential for investment in the education and employment sectors, and the willingness of education institutions and the Employment Service to enter into partnerships with the private sector.
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| Modernising the Schools Infrastructure in England (PDF) |
| Ken Beeton, Head of Schools Capital and Buildings, Department for Education and Employment, 1999 |
| Keynote Talk at the UEF/PEB/CAE International Symposium, 30th October 1999; Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| This speech on modernising school infrastructure in England and the use of public-private partnerships outlines New Labour's initiatives in the targeting and delivery of capital, and gives an overview of specific programmes and associated issues. |
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| How Public-Private Partnerships Can Facilitate Public School Construction (Web Page) |
| Utt, Professor Ronald. D, 1999 |
| The Heritage Foundation: No. 1257 |
| This paper explores PPP as an alternative to federal and state borrowing for school construction. It looks at various case studies including the partnership approach adopted in Nova Scotia in Canada, and the experiences of England, Wales and Scotland. The paper concludes that through using a modified approach of contracting such as the one proposed in the Public Schools and Partnerships Act would allow Congress to avoid any risks that maybe involved in using the PPP approach whilst being able to use the resources of the US private sector. |
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