The document discusses several UK government funding programs for school building and infrastructure projects: - The Priority School Building Programme 3 (PSBP3) will provide £4.4 billion for rebuilding and refurbishing schools in poor condition. PSBP 1 and 2 covered 537 schools. PSBP3 details will be announced in 2020. - The Condition Improvement Fund provides annual funding of around £300,000 on average to address health and safety issues and building repairs for eligible academies and sixth-form colleges. - Basic Need Allocation gives local authorities yearly funding to ensure enough school places for local children. Funding amounts are set through 2021. - Land sales from excess school property could potentially provide around

1. • Single Block Replacement
• Single Block Refurbishment
• Building Condition
• Where routine maintenance isn't feasible
• Buildings with significant previous funding (£500k +)
• Average funding sum £8m
• Most successful applications between £2m-£6m
• Not Announce
• Likely to be open to expression of interest mid 2020
• Final criteria not released
• PSBP 2 261 successful schools, out of 580 eligible applications
Priority School Building Programme 3 (PSBP3)
The £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) is rebuilding and refurbishing school buildings in the worst
condition across the country. The two existing phases of the programme covering a total of 537 schools. Both PSBP 1
and 2 have now closed however the DfE have confirmed that plans are in place to roll onto PSBP3 due to be
announced in 2020. information below is provisional until confirmed;
Target
Need
Exclusion
Funding
Timing
Chance

2. • Building Fabric Repairs/ Rectification of H&S Issues
• Small selection of expansion projects
• Project need 60%- Project planning 15%- Project cost
25%
• Expansion projects require Ofsted “Good”
• Average funding sum £300,000.00
• Unlikely to exceed £3m-£4m
• Applications Due December each Year
• Decisions announced around Easter
• 2018 results show 1 in 4 applications were successful
Condition Improvement Fund (CIF)
The Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) is an annual bidding round for eligible academies and sixth-form colleges to
apply for capital funding. The priority for the fund is to address significant condition need, keeping academy and sixth-
form college buildings safe and in good working order. This includes funding projects to address health and safety
issues, building compliance and poor building condition.
Target
Need
Exclusion
Funding
Timing
Chance

3. • Expansion Projects
• Local pupil place need only
• Required Ofsted “Good” or “Outstanding”
• Dependant on LA (further information available)
• No information on post 2021
• Report issued to Local Authority in 2018
confirmed funding allocated per LA up to 2021.
• Administered by Local Authority
Target
Need
Exclusion
Funding
Timing
Chance
Basic Need Allocation
Basic need funding is the money we give local authorities each year to help them fulfil their duty to make sure there are enough
school places for children in their local area.

4. • Sale of excess land
• Reinvest into the school
• Approval needed from Sport England, LA and
DfE
• Possible release of approx. £700,000 per acer
• Will be subject to LA/ DfE reallocating funding
• No constraints on the use of funding
• Dependant on support from the LA and DfE
• Tie with the Local Plan.
Target
Need
Exclusion
Funding
Timing
Chance
Land Sale Option
The sale of school land is problematic however has been used previously to release much needed funding for school sites, the
reason this is problematic is that it relies on the Department for Education, Local Authority, Developer and Sport England to work
towards a common goal.