Partnerships for Schools: Stakeholder Perceptions Survey 2010
Ipsos are currently conducting a survey of stakeholders on behalf of Partnership for Schools (PfS), the organisation responsible for the full suite of schools capital programmes provided by Building Schools for the Future. The first stage of the study involved conducting a telephone census survey with local authorities and private sector providers engaged with the Building Schools for the Future programme. In total, 74 of the 80 eligible local authorities and all 36 private sector providers took part in the telephone survey between 6th and 26th January 2010. The findings from this first stage of the study were made public at the Building Schools Exhibition and Conference at ExCeL London on 24 February 2010. Speaking at the conference, PfS Chief Executive Tim Byles said:
"Local authorities and the private sector have always supported the aim of using the unprecedented level of investment provided by the Building Schools for the Future programme to improve education and life chances for young people and communities. For the first time, the results of this survey show how the positive perceptions about the benefits of BSF are becoming aligned with the reality of BSF as more local authorities become actively engaged in BSF, more deals are signed, and more schools open the length and breadth of the country."
Other findings from the stakeholder perceptions survey carried out in January 2010 include:160
- Over 90% believe that BSF will help improve education locally by providing young people, teachers and communities with facilities that are fit for the 21st century. (local authorities: 97%; private sector providers: 92%);160
- More than 80% agree or strongly agree that although BSF got off to a slow start, it has accelerated and is now delivering. (local authorities: 84%; private sector providers: 89%);160
- 84% of local authorities and 78% of private sector providers said they were satisfied with BSF as a whole;
- Almost all private sector providers (98%) and four in five local authorities (78%) believe that PfS is effective or very effective in delivering the BSF programme.
For full details:
- Download the local authority computer tables (PDF)
- Download the private sector provider computer tables (PDF)
Stage two of the study is currently underway and involves telephone interviews with schools which have either completed or which are between the design and delivery stage within the Building Schools for the Future programme. Results of this stage of the study are not yet available.