Knowsley BSF
Knowsley
Project Value - £171m
Project Sector - Education
About The Project
Transform Schools (Knowsley) Limited (Project Co) were appointed Preferred Bidder for the Building Schools for the Future Project (BSF) in December 2006. The Project involved the replacement of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s existing eleven secondary schools with seven new build Learning Centres procured under a single Private Finance Initiative contract with a term of 25 years following service commencement at all new Learning Centres. On 19 May 2011 an amended and restated Project Agreement was signed to incorporate a Special Educational Needs (SEN) facility into the BSF scheme.
The construction works for the Learning Centres commenced in December 2007 and were completed in 2009, operational dates were between 2009 and 2010, excluding the Special Education Needs Facility (SEN) which was constructed and became operational in 2012.
Learning Centre
GIFA (m2)
Completed
Operational
LC2a
All Saints
11,100
21/12/2009
01/2010
LC4
Christ the King
9,585
02/01/2009
01/2009
LC5
Lord Derby
10,949
31/08/2009
09/2009
LC6
Knowsley Park
10,844
31/08/2009
09/2009
LC7
St Edmund Arrowsmith
10,315
21/12/2009
01/2010
LC8
Halewood
12,455
13/04/2009
06/2009
LC9
Kirkby High School
10,872
31/08/2009
09/2009
LC9a
Bluebell Park
6,664
10/08/2012
09/2012
About The Project
Transform Schools (Knowsley) Limited (Project Co) were appointed Preferred Bidder for the Building Schools for the Future Project (BSF) in December 2006. The Project involved the replacement of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s existing eleven secondary schools with seven new build Learning Centres procured under a single Private Finance Initiative contract with a term of 25 years following service commencement at all new Learning Centres. On 19 May 2011 an amended and restated Project Agreement was signed to incorporate a Special Educational Needs (SEN) facility into the BSF scheme.
The construction works for the Learning Centres commenced in December 2007 and were completed in 2009, operational dates were between 2009 and 2010, excluding the Special Education Needs Facility (SEN) which was constructed and became operational in 2012.
|
Learning Centre |
GIFA (m2) | Completed | Operational | |
| LC2a | All Saints | 11,100 | 21/12/2009 | 01/2010 |
| LC4 | Christ the King | 9,585 | 02/01/2009 | 01/2009 |
| LC5 | Lord Derby | 10,949 | 31/08/2009 | 09/2009 |
| LC6 | Knowsley Park | 10,844 | 31/08/2009 | 09/2009 |
| LC7 | St Edmund Arrowsmith | 10,315 | 21/12/2009 | 01/2010 |
| LC8 | Halewood | 12,455 | 13/04/2009 | 06/2009 |
| LC9 | Kirkby High School | 10,872 | 31/08/2009 | 09/2009 |
| LC9a | Bluebell Park | 6,664 | 10/08/2012 |
09/2012 |
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