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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.
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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
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.