Joint Service Centreand the

Extended School

CASTLE GREEN

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Stakeholders: Service Providers

• School and vocational education• Children’s Centre• Health Centre• Customer First• Library• Learning Village• Performing Arts• Sports and Recreation• Café

Joint Service Centre Community objectives

& the Extended school

• A themed development based on the concept of educational, aspirational objectives for the whole community which then enable the full range of Council objectives.

• Service based regeneration of an area.

Educational Strategy Focus on teaching and learning

• To introduce, develop and maintain new pedagogical methods developed from teaching models used in Switzerland, Holland and elsewhere

• Continuing a strategy that commenced early 1990’s

• To introduce vocational subjects for 14-16 year olds

• To develop the extended school concept to meet key community objectives: adult education, social, recreation, health

Results% students gaining 5 or more grades A* - C GCSE

National B&D 36 20 39 28 39 28 40 27 45 31 46 32 48 34 49 38 50 38 52 42 53 49+ 47% +145%

PFI Procurement Objectives

• To procure facilities that secure the Council’s education strategy and its community development and regeneration strategy

• To procure school facilities that help deliver the Council’s new pedagogy in particular

• The procurement learns actively from new build: traditional/and PFI recent experience

• The procurement delivers well designed, durable (expected life 50+ years) and serviceable accommodation

• High quality vfm on outcomes

• To develop a PFI methodology that can be taken forward by the Council

• Client and end user involvement

• Review of new build PFI and non PFI

• Development of exemplar designs

Brief Development

– Design from the inside out (Design Council)

– Design in:• Management of people• Security• DDA

– Efficient use of space

Design Process

• Briefing and feedback – contractors

• Use of exemplar designs

• Use of Design Quality Indicators in selection

• Economically most advantageous offer

Procurement Process

Bouygues UK: Construction

Ecovert FM

Barclays Equity

Dexia

NIB

Private Sector Partners

PFI Procurement Objectives

Tactics % achieved

1. To develop cost models and viable cost targetsfor construction to establish what is buildable and affordable 85%

2. To develop the client brief to provide as much guidance as possible to bidders. This included:

• exemplar design schemes 100%• cost targets 90%• detail on teaching methods and teaching requirements 100%

• Adjacencies, etc. 100%

3. To emphasise life cycle and end of contract proposals 85%

4. To use external consultant advisers to support, challenge and augment the in-house expertise 90%

5. To endeavour to reduce scale of contract closure negotiations

and control legal costs 50%

Benefits

• Construction on time and cost• Design fulfils our vision• Long term solutions• Continuing and good relations with private

sector• Incentive on both sides to add value

Issues

• Affordability

• Defining needs appropriately

• User involvement

• Long period of procurement

Pedagogy – Building Design• Building design to performance and cost• Feedback from design

Building Aims• Longevity• Serviceability• Environment• Flexibility• Future proof

Design Enhances Functionality

Outcomes• School building supports educational results• Can be adapted for varying users• Profile – major asset available to the community

• Standards

• Consistency

• Availability – 24 hours

Delivery: Facilities

• Shared standards aspirational agenda

• Collaboration with Services off and on site

• Customer friendly

Delivery: Vision

– Management Forum

– Planning

– Discussions

– Framework for decision making

Delivery: Management Ethos

• General Manager

• Role of PFI provider – Hard FM

• Soft FM services responsibility

• Operations management

• Marketing

Delivery: Management Structure

Pre-conditions for learningHorseshoe layout for general teaching classroom

Clear sight lines

Overhead data projector controlled from teacher’s desk

Desks in horseshoe layout

Windows sited to rear for IT projection

Cill heights set to reduce distraction

Doors located for teacher monitoring of corridor

Layout allows for students in wheelchairs

Resources stored in centre of class

Gaps for good circulation

Area of room 70 – 75m2

No student is at the back of the class – no student sits behind another

delivering educational innovationnursery entrance

children’s centre

design techfood tech

science and art

general teaching and SEN

general teaching and 6th form

external sports and play

student entrance

line of security

school (shared) performing arts

school (shared) library & ICT

community entrance

school (shared) sports

student entrance

central street

a beacon for the community

drop-in crèche

bikes

car park

café / restaurantIn main street

customer firstLibrary / ICTlearning centrecafe

community use for adult education

sports facilities used by local clubs etc

all weather floodlit pitch

hard courts

pitches

line of security

sport

vocational teaching

performing arts