Building Schools for the Future plans to be scrapped

[victory2009]

Michael Gove, the education secretary, is set to postpone plans to rebuild more than 700 schools across Conservative constituencies.

 

Building Schools for the Future plans to be scrapped - Telegraph

[AngryITGuy]

Looks like the story is certainly gathering momentum now

 

Michael Gove freezes rebuilding of schools in £3.5bn savings - Guardian

 

Still speculation of course just need to wait for the official announcement which I believe was due last week!

[JJonas]

BBC News - School building plan facing cuts

[localzuk]

The knock on effect of this decision is going to be pretty huge. The government's building projects are pretty much the only things keeping the construction industry from collapsing in under itself.

 

Even during difficult economic times, capital spending should be maintained, as it employs a massive number of people - which we cannot afford to be collecting benefits due to unemployment.

[siuko]

BBC News - School building plan facing cuts

 

I just love the line on this page that says "They have been promised this investment and this is a very uncertain time for teachers, parents and kids."

 

Forget the teachers, parents and kids... what about all the tuped staff that know nothing about their jobs!! Now thats more like uncertain times!!

 

Sure support staff NEVER get thought about in any of this....

 

Sorry... Damn rubbishy mondays

[IanT]

Carshalton High School for Girls is just up the road from me, did get offered a Dupty Network Manager interview, turned it down once I knew they were gonna go down the BSF route.

[porress]

I am under BSF and i am happy that all that wasted TAX payer money will be used for something else instead of waste it without improving anything... apart from the looks... they look good from the outside... that's all...

 

Thank you! i couldnt bear it any more...

[broc]

Don't get too carried away... there are still an awful lot of schools & LAs that have reached financial close & for them BSF will continue..... plus the Govt may choose to scale back or streamline the process rather than 'can' it altogether.

 

Remember that many of the early wave schools were in NewLabour strongholds & there are plenty of ConDem MPs lobbying for new schools in their constituencies now, mindful of their voters who might blame them if their children have to finish their education in crumbling leaky schools & temporary classrooms because of the Govt's scorched earth policies...

[DrCheese]

I wouldn't count on your scheme being scrapped if it's already in progress

Schools: Education Secretary Michael Gove To Announce Schools For The Future Project Has Been Axed | Politics | Sky News

Another 500 BSF schemes, where work is at advanced stage, will carry on.

[broc]

The rumour is the Education Secretary is due to announce the fate of BSF to Parliament at 4:30pm today & the story is already leaked to the press.......

[uk101man]

I would love to see a break down of costs for a single BSF school from start to finish.

[jsnetman]

School buildings projects scrapped to save £5bn - Telegraph Looks like it's already been decided and they are leaking it in advance of what will be said in parliment. It looks like all BSF will not come to an end but a mere 5 billion. Edited July 5, 2010 by jsnetman

[somabc]

BBC News - Technology in schools: Is the clock being turned back?

[willtech]

BBC News - School rebuilds 'to be scaled back'

[GoldenWonder]

I'll be interested to see how this pans out. Are they scrapping the scheme completely (apart from the ones in an advanced stage) or simply changing the way it will work?

 

Typically the muppets on the Sky News forum are on slagging off the lib-con alliance, conveniently forgetting it was the labour government who 'spent' this money even though it didn't exist knowing full well the next government would take the flak for cancelling it!

[daedalus]

The rumour is the Education Secretary is due to announce the fate of BSF to Parliament at 4:30pm today & the story is already leaked to the press.......

 

Maybe this will help, pull up a chair, get a cup of tea and enjoy.

 

Live Education Funding Statement

[JPS]

Whilst I can hear the bl**dy diggers outside my office then I know we're still going ahead!

[Theblacksheep]

No information available on exactly what schools are happening. Its resorted to MPs asking about each schools in their areas.

 

It seems financial close = BSF still happening.

 

Why happens if new conservative academy status has also been applied for? (if BSF goes ahead)

 

EDIT: BSF stopped.

Edited July 5, 2010 by Theblacksheep

[Guest Guest]

Results are in

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/bsf/59317-bsf-results.html

Edited July 5, 2010 by Guest

[amvc]

Just about to post that list we are on the scrapped list.

[DrCheese]

We are also on the scrapped list. Still not sure if it's a good or a bad thing for us, i.e it may have been nice to work for an "IT" company with a clear career progression path and of course, the investment in equipment is gone. However for the time being at least, it's nice that a lot of the uncertainty and waiting has gone and keeping our independence is a big win. Edited July 5, 2010 by DrCheese

[m25man]

Anyone know the short code for RM's stock prices? I want to watch them freefall on my Iphone in the morning

[CyberNerd]

Anyone know the short code for RM's stock prices? I want to watch them freefall on my Iphone in the morning

 

RM plc: LON:RM quotes & news - Google Finance

 

- 4.14% today

[victory2009]

Im rather confused now... our school was has been stopped according to the list, but 2 sample schools are still awaiting discussion.. we were due to tuped in auguest this year now that this has happened, if the samples schools go ahead are they expecting us to still tuped over or remain independent... anyone know..

[lumpeh]

I'm kinda hoping that with only a few schools in the city under discussion, the rest canceled that RM will decide not to go ahead due to making a loss on the service than a profit. We can live in hope right?...