Schools for the Future Update

Sept 2009 - Issue 2

Welcome to the second newsletter from Nottingham’s Local Education Partnership (LEP). It’s been a busy summer and this month sees the establishment of three new academies and a new special school in Nottingham, which are projects being delivered by the LEP. To keep up to date with all the latest news and information, visit www.nottinghambsf.co.uk.

Wave 2: Phase 1The rebuilding of Big Wood School in Top Valley started

in the summer of 2008 with the first phase reaching

completion this summer. The new buildings will be

officially opened by Vernon Coaker, Labour MP for

Gedling and Minister of State for Schools and Learners,

on Friday, 25 September. Pupils from the school will

join Vernon Coaker, former Deputy Head teacher at

Big Wood School, to plant a tree in the new courtyard

which is the centre piece of the new school. Work is now

underway on phase two which involves building a new

entrance and sports hall and is due to be completed in

April 2010.

Hadden Park High School in Bilborough is being

completely remodelled and the second phase of work

was completed this summer.

This month, teachers and

pupils will start making use

of re-modelled science,

English and modern foreign

languages areas. Work is

now progressing on the final phase 3 of the building that

will re-model the humanities, business, ICT and main

entrance areas. Consultation by the Interim Executive

Board at Hadden Park on foundation/ trust proposals

also kicks off this month.

Oak Field School and Sports

College in Bilborough has

been established this month.

The school will operate from

two sites on Harvey Road and

Robins Wood Road until the new

building is completed in November 2009.

Wave 2: Phase 2Work will start this month on developing initial

designs for Ellis Guilford School in Old Basford and in

further developing the initial designs that have been

drawn up for Rosehill School in St Ann’s.

Wave 5The Department for Children, Schools and

Families (DCSF) has approved Nottingham City

Council’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

Wave 5 ‘Strategy for Change Part 2’. This approval

demonstrates that the DSCF is happy with the plans

the Council has to spend approximately £79 million

of funding to transform secondary and special needs

education in the city into 21st century

facilities that can adapt easily to the future curriculum

and school organisation. This will complete in

Nottingham, the Government’s

pledge to see every state secondary school in

England rebuilt or remodelled.

The next step is for the Council to submit a business

case, setting out in detail the scope, cost, risks, how

services are commissioned and the project timetable.

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

MAKING TOMORROW A BETTER PLACETM

Schools for the Future UpdateAcademiesThis month The Bulwell Academy, Nottingham

University Samworth Academy (NUSA) and

Nottingham Academy have been established.

The academies will operate from existing school

buildings until the new buildings are completed.

To view webcams on site at Bulwell and NUSA

visit www.nottinghambsf.co.uk. The Final Business

Case for Nottingham Academy has been

submitted to Nottingham City Council’s Executive

Board.

Primary Capital ProgrammeWork is well underway on the first four schools in

Phase 1a of the PCP. The City Council received

Stage 2 submissions (detailed designs) from the

LEP in August. These will now go through the

Council’s approval process over the next few

weeks. We hope to complete this second stage

by November 2009 and start construction work in

January 2010.

Dates for the diary25.9.09 Official opening of Big Wood

Phase 1

14.10.09 Microsoft Roadshow/Learn.

nottingham event.

To find out more, call 0115 915 9511

11.11.09 NUSA Celebration of Opening

12.11.09 Excellence in BSF Awards.

To find out more, click here.

The Local Education Partnership (LEP) is a

partnership between Nottingham City Council,

inspiredspaces and Buildings Schools for

the Future Investments. The LEP’s main

suppliers are Carillion, providing construction

and facilities management, and Ramesys

providing the ICT expertise.

Contact usT: 0115 968 3400

E: nottinghambsf@inspiredspaces.co.uk

W: www.nottinghambsf.co.uk

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learn.nottingham – Nottingham’s Managed Learning Environment (MLE)Nottingham based company Ramesys is a specialist supplier of integrated ICT solutions to schools and communities in the UK. Ramesys is responsible for the ICT element of Nottingham’s BSF programme, including not only infrastructure but also other services such as transformation, training and the integration of a range of both existing and new services.

A key element integrating the ICT and over-reaching all of the transformational activities is Nottingham’s Managed Learning Environment (MLE), learn.nottingham. This is a Microsoft SharePoint based Learning Environment developed by Ramesys in partnership with Nottingham City Council, providing students and staff across the city a single point of access to their own areas on the network as well as shared network resources, email and news, within school but also with secure remote web access. This Learning Environment has been piloted over the summer term with a selection of schools and is now officially live with all the new establishments that opened in September.

The interface also provides a robust platform for the future development of new and innovative computer based learning systems.