The Council has entered into final negotiations with a preferred bidder for its multi-million pound Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
Interested companies were invited to tender for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform education and educational environments within the borough.
Subject to further conditions being met, the Council has now provisionally appointed VT Group plc. A formal appointment is expected in the coming weeks.
What is Building Schools for the Future?
It is the largest single schools capital investment programme for over 50 years. The aim is to rebuild or renew every one of England's 3,500 state secondary schools over a 15-year period.
The government has committed £45billion to the national programme, £290million of which has been allocated to Greenwich.
Five local secondary schools will be transformed in the first £170million phase of the programme.
Three schools will be completely rebuilt:
- Crown Woods
- The John Roan
- Thomas Tallis.
And two more will be refurbished and extended:
- Eltham Hill
- Plumstead Manor.
Find out more about Building Schools for the Future
Ambitious and exciting plans
Greenwich Council Leader Cllr Chris Roberts said:
"BSF will see schools across the borough transformed to provide state-of-the-art facilities and buildings which truly inspire learning.
"Our plans are ambitious, exciting and forward looking and aim to bring about the very best for local children.
"Standards in our schools have been rising steadily over the past three years, reflecting a new mood of optimism and dynamism. We are sure that the same high standards will be delivered from our strategic partner the BSF programme and expect them to share our vision of offering schools truly fit for the 21st century."
Our future
The BSF programme is running alongside an ambitious programme of modernisation across the Council to improve services for local people.
It includes a schools re-organisation programme, new service centres for local residents and a network of children’s centres across the borough.
Find out more about the Council's modernisation programme
18 May 2006