UK's largest Education PFI scheme completed

Gleeds were appointed by the Northampton Schools Partnership in various capacities including, Employers Agent, Independent Certifier, Quality Monitoring and several Technical Advisory roles.

The construction phase of the GBP200 million Northampton Schools (PFI) Scheme, the largest Education PFI scheme in the UK, involving the renovation, modification and new build of 41 schools across Northampton has now been completed.

The project saw the provision of five new build secondary schools and six new build primary schools as well as the refurbishment, remodelling and extension of a further 30 primary schools in the town.

This complicated scheme was spread over a mammoth 295 phases, many of which had to be implemented during term time and required precise timetabling in order to minimise disruption to students.

Construction Works were undertaken by Galliford Try and ongoing maintenance will be undertaken by Amey (Local Government).

All 41 schools have reached completion and their staff and pupils are now using the new facilities.

The new build secondary schools include modern facilities such as dance studios, state-of-the-art music rooms, fitness suites and all-weather sports pitches.

In some cases the secondary schools are also able to provide vocational teaching facilities such as catering-standard kitchens, hair and beauty salons and construction training areas.

Stuart Senior, Gleeds Managing Partner responsible for the project, said "This was a very important scheme for Northampton and one with which we are proud to have been involved".

"We established excellent relationships with all parties working on this project and feel that our participation can only build on our existing reputation as a leading provider of services to the education sector".

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