BREAKING NEWS: CIF open — register by 30 November
BREAKING NEWS: Condition Improvement Fund open — new applicants have until 30 November to register The Condition Improve …
CDC2 is over. Your survey obligation is not new
Between 2021 and July 2025, DfE-commissioned surveying teams visited government-funded schools across England, visually …
The SEMS Annual Return Opens This Month — Download Your Free Guide
If you follow this newsletter, you already know what the School Estate Management Standards annual return is — we've cov …
Your trust has to explain how the money moves. Estates might be the awkward bit.
From 1 October 2026, every multi-academy trust in England has to publish a new summary statement of its financial arrang …
Work at height: the school estate blind spot
By one important measure, work in Great Britain is safer than it has been for decades.
The autumn return: now we know
Back in June, I published a piece about the SEMS Annual Return with an honest caveat baked into the title: there was sti …
Your Energy Supplier May Be Fine. Your Contract Isn't.
An academy trust could be perfectly satisfied with its energy supplier and still have a problem after September. Under t …
GEMS telecoms update: what schools and trusts need to know
On 3 July 2026, the Department for Education updated its Good estate management for schools guidance with revised inform …
£314m Is Leaving School Capital. That's Not The Real Story
Somewhere inside the Department for Education's £31.4 billion capital budget, £314 million is being quietly redirected. …
