DfE to help schools on PFI handover – but guidance ‘too late’
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PFI School buildings
  • Mar 11, 2022
PFI firm makes millions as taxpayers pay £870,000 a year for empty school
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PFI School buildings
  • Mar 11, 2022
The head taking on PFI firms over new school ‘riddled’ with leaks
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PFI School buildings
  • Mar 11, 2022
Scotland: Private finance initiatives for new schools strain council budgets
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Scotland PFI New schools
  • Nov 22, 2021
Government delays revealing cost of schools’ PFI deals
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PFI
  • Oct 3, 2021
‘Phoenix’ free schools should replace ‘stubborn’ underperformers, says report
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MATs PFI Underperforming schools Free schools New Schools Network
  • Jun 25, 2021
PFI endgame: DfE steps in to ensure school handovers go to plan
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PFI School maintenance
  • May 8, 2021
Vital public services including schools and hospitals “face serious disruptions” as Private Finance Initiative ends
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PFI School buildings Building maintenance
  • Mar 19, 2021
School PFI contract end may spark 'serious disruption'
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PFI School buildings Building maintenance
  • Mar 19, 2021
I’m a PfI – Get me out of here!
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PFI
  • Oct 19, 2019
School charged £1k to move LCD screen as PFI costs soar by £430m
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PFI Expenses
  • Oct 18, 2019
Scottish schools built under PFI costing millions more than originally estimated
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PFI Scotland School buildings
  • Oct 16, 2019
Chair regrets merger and college is at a ‘high risk of insolvency’
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Mergers ESFA FE Commissioner College insolvency Funding PFI Finances
  • Jul 11, 2019
Schools denied access to PFI ‘centre of excellence’
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PFI Finances School buildings
  • May 3, 2019
Academy with £20 million PFI contract ordered to improve its finances
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Academies PFI Finances Deficit MATs School sponsorship
  • Apr 8, 2019
Bangor’s £237 million PFI bill ‘behind job losses’, says union
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PFI Wales Bangor University Redundancies Finances
  • Jan 29, 2019
‘Edinburgh schools have lost hundreds of days due to building faults’
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Scotland School buildings School maintenance PFI
  • Nov 29, 2018
PFI: Council faces £400,000-a-year school closure bill
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PFI
  • Nov 24, 2018
Rescue schools tied to ‘toxic’ PFI contracts, Hammond told
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PFI Philip Hammond
  • Nov 3, 2018
The government ‘doesn’t know’ if PFI contracts offer value for money
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PFI PAC Finances
  • Jun 20, 2018
WCAT school left without sponsor over £1 million-a-year PFI contract
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Academies MATs PFI School sponsorship Finances
  • Mar 9, 2018
United Learning boss rules out taking costly PFI schools ‘ever again’
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PFI Academies MATs School sponsorship Finances
  • Mar 9, 2018
PFI firms to get £4.8bn from schools by 2020, study shows
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PFI Funding Development
  • Feb 19, 2018
Hard lessons: The growing cost of PFI
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PFI Budgets
  • Feb 4, 2018
Schools cost 40 per cent more to build under PFI, watchdog reveals
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PFI School buildings NAO Finances Funding
  • Jan 18, 2018
Public accounts committee chair slams ‘exorbitantly expensive’ PFI contracts
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PFI School buildings Public Accounts Committee Finances
  • Jan 18, 2018
Q&A: What does the Carillion collapse mean for schools?
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Carillion School meals Support services School sponsorship PFI
  • Jan 15, 2018
Scotland: Dozens of PFI schools are firetraps, councils warn
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Times Scotland Building safety Primary schools Secondary schools PFI
  • Oct 16, 2017
Fire hazard for Scottish schools built during private-public tie-up
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Express Scotland School buildings Building safety Safety PFI Funding
  • Oct 15, 2017
PFI discredited by cost, complexity and inflexibility
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PFI Procurement
  • Sep 26, 2017
Labour party threatens to nationalise PFI contracts
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PFI
  • Sep 25, 2017
Labour planning to bring PFI contracts 'back in house'
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PFI Labour
  • Sep 25, 2017
Taxpayers will have to stump up £66m for a school which cost £20m to build
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Wales Online Wales Finances PFI School buildings
  • Aug 22, 2017
9 key findings from the DfE’s accounts: Bonuses, £200k pay-offs, and rising PFI debts
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Schools Week DfE Finances Budgets Accounts Pay Academies PFI Governance
  • Jul 19, 2017
Academy facing ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs will now close
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Schools Week Academies Finances PFI Closures Pupil numbers Funding
  • Jul 3, 2017
Academy facing closure over ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs
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Schools Week Academies PFI Finances MATs
  • Jun 29, 2017
On the day the government failed to provide more school funding, a comprehensive asks parents for £25 a term
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TES Politics Funding Comprehensives Donations Parents PFI Finances
  • Jun 21, 2017
Private finance legacy frustrates efforts to reform Scottish curriculum
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TES Scotland Education reforms Curriculum School buildings CfE PPP PFI Resources
  • May 26, 2017
Schools are paying £8,000 for a window blind and £2,000 for a tap due to PFI
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Mail School buildings PFI Budgets
  • Apr 22, 2017
School forced to pay £2,000 for a sink under PFI
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Times School buildings PFI National Audit Office
  • Apr 22, 2017
Hundreds of schools held hostage over PFI contracts, as investigation reveals one paid £2,000 for a new sink
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Telegraph PFI Finances Budgets Funding School buildings PAC DfE
  • Apr 21, 2017
£8k for a blind, £2k for a tap; the true cost of PFI
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TES PFI Funding Finances Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Apr 21, 2017
Questions on PFI school deals must be answered, MSPs told
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Herald Scotland Scotland PFI Primary schools Secondary schools Finances
  • Apr 20, 2017
SNP: Labour PFI schools legacy ‘costs councils millions’
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Scotsman Funding PFI Scotland School buildings Primary schools Secondary schools Safety School closures
  • Apr 4, 2017
Private fat cats have got rich on the sale of our schools | Michael Rosen
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Guardian School buildings Academies PFI
  • Mar 28, 2017
Damning report attacks firms which built fault-ridden Scottish schools
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Guardian Scotland School buildings PFI Safety
  • Feb 9, 2017
10 key findings from the DfE’s accounts: Pay-offs, write-offs and failed UTCs
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Schools Week DfE UTCs PFI
  • Dec 21, 2016
National funding formula: the winners and losers by school type
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Schools Week National funding formula DfE Attainment Rural schools Disadvantaged pupils Funding PFI
  • Dec 14, 2016
Newham schools consider suing council over £500k PFI costs
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Schools Week MATs PFI Finances
  • Dec 8, 2016
Ofsted sticks school in special measures, criticising ‘messy’ talks over academy status
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Schools Week Ofsted Special measures Academies PFI MATs
  • Dec 4, 2016