A new school to replace the existing Edith Borthwick and Southview schools is proposed

16/03/10 - A public consultation event has been arranged at Tabor High School, Panfield Lane, Braintree on 31st March 2010 at which you will have the opportunity to see the proposed plans and provide your views.

As part of the ECC BSF prograrme  it is  proposed to amalgamate Edith Borthwick and Southview Schools and relocate them to a new state of the art building on Springfield Drive, Braintree. This new building will accommodate 240 pupils and will cost around £20 million.

Details of the event can be found here

Public consultation on the transfer of Glenwood School to the site of Deanes School

02/03/10 - Essex County Council is conducting a public consultation on the transfer of Glenwood Community Special School to the site of The Deanes School, Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex SS7 2TD.

Any person may object or make comments on what is proposed by sending their representations in writing to the Executive Director for Schools, Children and Families, c/o Essex County Council, School Organisation and Planning, Schools, Children and Families, PO Box 4261, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1GS or email to: admin.strategy@essex.gov.uk

The expiry date for comments or objections will be 1 April 2010. Download the Glenwood Consultation Document

School design exhibitions open to the public

18/02/10 - ECC and Skanska RM, our Preferred Bidder partner, are pleased to invite parents, students and the local communities to a series of public design exhibitions around each of the first four schools to be redeveloped as part of the Essex Building Schools for the Future programme.  See the [Consultations page] for more info.

Skanska RM selected as the Preferred Bidder

01/02/10 - ECC are pleased to announce that Skanska RM have been selected as the Preferred Bidder for our programme.

Councillor Stephen Castle, Essex County Council Cabinet Member for Education said: “We are delighted to be working with Skanska RM on this exciting project. BSF will bring substantial investment to Essex, enabling us to build world class facilities which will transform education and the way it is delivered.”

Councillor Derrick Louis, Essex County Council Cabinet Member for Central Services said: “Skanska RM have successfully demonstrated that they can meet the very high standards that we have set for our preferred bidder. Under the partnership we will create state of the art facilities which will inspire generations of learners to come.”

Tim Byles, Chief Executive of Partnerships for Schools, the Government organisation responsible for delivering the national BSF programme said: “I am pleased that Essex County Council has appointed a selected bidder for its BSF project.  This is an important milestone and means that the council can progress with its plans to design and refurbish the area’s schools which will benefit the lives of not only school pupils but local communities as a whole.  With 146 schools and over 125,000 pupils benefiting from BSF investment across the country, I look forward to similar work taking place in Essex to offer pupils the best start in life.”

Steve Cooper, Development Director, Education, for Skanska RM, said: “Everyone at Skanska RM is delighted with this announcement, now the hard work begins and we look forward to a long-term partnership with Essex County Council to deliver the schools for the future.”

ECC Wave 4 Project Manager to get married

26/01/10 – Bryony Huckle, our Wave 4 Project Manager will be getting married on 30 January.  The BSF Team send their congratulations to the bride and groom.

Bryony Huckle

 

Bidders presented their final bids

12/01/10: Both Bidders braved the snow to give us a presentation on their final bids last week. Everyone is now focussing on the evaluation of these bids. We expect to select the preferred bidder on 1 February.