Login
Home > Our Programme > 21st Century Schools

21st Century Schools

In October 2014, CEW were commissioned by the Welsh Government to support the delivery of the 21st Century Schools Programme, a partnership between Welsh Government and Local Government.

In October 2014, CEW were commissioned by the Welsh Government to support the delivery of the 21st Century Schools Programme, a partnership between Welsh Government and Local Government. This support will continue until September 2016.

The role of CEW is :

“to improve the design, procurement and delivery of the 21st Century Schools Programme and maximise long and short term value for money during the life of Band A of the programme and in readiness for Band B”

Defining what we mean by value for money in the context of the 21st Century Schools Programme has been a critical factor in gaining a common understanding across all stakeholders. Through extensive engagement the following 6 guiding principles have been established :-

  1. Educational attainment
  2. Cost
  3. Certainty
  4. Specification
  5. Sustainability
  6. Social value

Workstreams have been developed to address each of the principles.

Outputs from this project will be available via the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools website.    

Educational Outcomes

  1. Educational attainment
  2. Attendance 
  3. User satisfaction

The impacts on educational attainment, attendance and experiences of pupils and teachers

Cost

  1. Initial capital cost
  2. Whole life cost
  3. Income

Initial capital cost, costs over the whole life of an asset and the income that an asset can generate

Certainty

  1. Time
  2. Cost 
  3. Quality

Certainty of delivery in terms of the cost of the asset, the time to deliver it and its quality

Specification

  1. Size
  2. Flexibility
  3. Quality of learning environment

The size of the asset, its flexibility of use and the quality of the learning environment

Sustainability

  1. Energy efficiency
  2. Adaptability to climate change 
  3. Carbon footprint

The long term energy performance of the asset, its adaptability to climate change and it's overall carbon footprint

Social Value

  1. Community benefits 
  2. Community use 
  3. Local regeneration

The benefits to the community during construction of the asset and the longer term benefits of community use and local regeneration