The great classroom experiment
13 September 2012
The government has launched a radical procurement model to rebuild and renovate all of England's secondary schools. Mark Smulian reports
It promises to be the biggest school building programme since the 1960s. In the next 15 years, every secondary school in England will be rebuilt or renovated. Thousands of schools, millions of children, and billions of pounds will be involved.
Prime minister Tony Blair hailed "Building Schools for the Future" (BSF) as a "massive investment in our nation's future". It will...