Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Building Schools for the Future - The Next Steps

The Next Steps
  
A number of significant documents must be prepared by the Council and approved by Government before BSF funding is released.  These documents are as follows:

Strategy for Change Part 1 - this report describes the Council's vision for transforming educational opportunities through BSF investment.  It was developed following extensive public consultation and was approved by Government in September 2008.  This ten-page document sets out what our programme is about.  It describes the challenges facing secondary education in Stockton-on-Tees, and how we intend to use BSF to meet them.  A copy of Strategy for Change Part 1 is available to download below.

Strategy for Change Part 2 - this document outlines in detail how the multi-million pound investment will be used to transform the Wave 6 schools.  It was submitted to Government in February 2009 and a copy is available to download below.

The Outline Business Case - this is the third and final piece of documentation and will indicate that the programme is affordable, offers value for money, has addressed all commercial and risk issues, is attractive to companies interested in building the schools and that it reflects the vision outlined in Strategy for Change Part 1.  The Outline Business Case was approved in December 2009 and is available to download below.

OJEU Notice: A notice was placed in the Official Journal of the European Union on 16th December 2009 inviting private sector organisations to bid for the contract to design, build and maintain our BSF schools.  This marks the start of a 75 week procurement process and construction is anticipated to start on the first schools in spring 2011.