{"id":8830,"date":"2025-11-03T09:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:46:51","slug":"dfe-greenlights-270m-of-school-and-college-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/dfe-greenlights-270m-of-school-and-college-builds\/","title":{"rendered":"DfE greenlights \u00a3270m of school and college builds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight school building projects worth over \u00a3270m have moved to the construction phase after the Department for Education signed off contracts for the latest batch of rebuild and refurbishment contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Kier landed the biggest job \u2014 a \u00a369m rebuild of Upton-by-Chester High School \u2014 underlining its strong pipeline across the DfE\u2019s School Rebuilding Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Tilbury Douglas secured a trio of wins worth just over \u00a374m for Pershore High School, Applebee Wood Community Specialist School, and East Durham College.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"478038\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creaghconcrete.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CE_Creagh.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_489223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-05-at-23.43.54.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-489223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-08-05-at-23.43.54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1052\" height=\"728\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">800-pupil Gosford Hill secondary school to the north of Oxford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"482042\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrilliantideasltd.co.uk%2Fstacker-packers%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7175-BI---Stacker-Packers-MPU_s2 2.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bowmer &amp; Kirkland picked up the \u00a344m Gosford Hill School job in Oxfordshire, while Willmott Dixon signed a \u00a335m deal for Barnes School and Hospital on south west London.<\/p>\n<p>Modular specialist Reds10 also joined the winners\u2019 list with a \u00a320m SEND school in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>The projects will now move into delivery through the DfE\u2019s regional construction frameworks covering all nine English regions.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 2pt solid #ff511c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ff511c; color: #fff; font-size: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong>DfE School and College Project Awards<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: 1pt solid #444;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\"><strong>Project<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\"><strong>Contractor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\"><strong>Value (\u00a3m)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Upton-by-Chester High School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Kier<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a369.3m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">School rebuild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Gosford Hill School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Bowmer &amp; Kirkland<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a343.8m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">School rebuild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Barnes School and Hospital<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Willmott Dixon<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a334.9m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">School &amp; hospital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Appleby Grammar School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Morgan Sindall<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a329.2m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">School rebuild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">East Durham College<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Tilbury Douglas<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a326.5m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">College rebuild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Pershore High School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Tilbury Douglas<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a326.4m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">School rebuild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Applebee Wood Community Specialist School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Tilbury Douglas<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a321.5m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">SEND school<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Angel Hill School<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">Reds10<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">\u00a320.3m<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px;\">SEND school<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"482042\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrilliantideasltd.co.uk%2Fstacker-packers%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7175-BI---Stacker-Packers-MPU_s2 2.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"501391\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivorking.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Construction Enquirer IK Advert V4.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/lrpYA1b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight school building projects worth over \u00a3270m have moved to the construction phase after the Department for Education signed off contracts for the latest batch of rebuild and refurbishment contracts. Kier landed the biggest job \u2014 a \u00a369m rebuild of Upton-by-Chester High School \u2014 underlining its strong pipeline across the DfE\u2019s School Rebuilding Programme. 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