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News update – September 2009

Financial close was reached with our Local Education Partner (LEP), Equitix Ltd, on 23/24 July 2009.  Equitix Ltd has appointed a LEP General Manager, Richard Knight, and he is currently appointing staff to the LEP Team.

Building work on the three sample schools – Heritage Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, Springwell Community School and The Bolsover School – started in March 2009 and is progressing well.  Steelwork is up at all three sites.

Design work began during the summer term on the three non-sample schools in Wave 3 – Netherthorpe School and Stubbin Wood Schools and Shirebrook Academy plus Tibshelf School – the first of the Wave 5 schools.

Consultation events on the BSF programme and designs of the schools will be held during the Autumn term and these will be advertised via the schools.

Work on preparing the rest of the schools in Wave 5 – Frederick Gent School, Alfreton Grange School, Swanwick Hall School, Alfreton Park Community Special School and Swanwick School and Sports College – to begin the BSF process will begin during the Autumn term.

News update - December 2008

After the lengthy process of procuring a Local Education Partner (LEP) to work with us on the BSF programme, we are now pleased to announce that Equitix has been awarded the contract.  Click here to see the press release.

Work will now continue towards Financial Close which should be reached on 20 March 2009, with work starting on the three sample schools – Heritage Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, Springwell Community School and The Bolsover Schools – in March 2009. 

During the week beginning 12 January 2009 consultation events will be held at the three schools with staff, students, parents and members of the community so that everyone can look a the designs for the schools and the ideas for education in the 21st century.  These are as follows:

• The Bolsover School - 12 January 2009 at 6.30pm

• Springwell Community School - 13 January 2009 at 6.30pm

• Heritage Mathematics and Computing Specialist School -  21 January 2009 at 6.30pm

Design work will now also begin on the other three schools in Wave Three – Shirebrook, Netherhorpe and Stubbin Wood Schools.

The new schools will offer enhanced ICT facilities and the consortium’s ICT partner in the LEP is Dell.

Other partners in the consortium include the local design and construction partners, Bowmer and Kirkland and GF Tomlinson and MITIE who will be providing facilities management.

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We held a Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Project Day on 8 June 2007. Find out how it went by following this link - Bidders Day - Friday 8 June 2007.

We offered interested bidders the opportunity to take a walk through our three BSF sample schools on Thursday 9 August. To find out more follow this link - BSF Sample Schools Visits - Thursday 9 August 2007.