Education Estates Strategy: A Decade of National Renewal
Yesterday, Wednesday 11 February 2026, the Department for Education (DfE) released its Education Estates Strategy: A Dec …
The Clock is Ticking: Are you at Level 3?
It has been roughly ten months since the DfE officially launched the School Estate Management Standards on 23 April 2025 …
Life Cycles - Why They Matter So Much
I was reading a Sky News article this morning about the UK weather forecast. According to the Met Office, temperatures c …
What Estates Team Culture Really Means
Over the Christmas break I was chatting to an architect who works on new school builds. We got onto a project he’d been …
7 Things Your School Site Team Shouldn’t Do Over the Festive Break (and What to Do Instead)
You know the feeling: the site’s finally quiet, the corridors aren’t full of coats, and you can almost hear the caretaki …
Does Your School First Aid Kit Come with Psychological Plasters?
Why December is the time to look after more than frozen pipes.
Making Sense of Asset Management in Schools
Every school starts somewhere. Some start with colour-coded spreadsheets. Some start with chaos. Both are valid beginnin …
Great Site Teams Are Worth Every Penny
Let’s talk about Trigger’s Broom. No, not a new cleaning product — the legend.
The True Cost of Reputational Damage from Compliance
Why compliance isn't just about audits – it's about protecting your school or trust's good name. We've all got one. That …
Are You Ready for the Autumn Audit?
When you read the title, you probably thought Ofsted, didn’t you? Nope—that was my other article. There’s another kind o …
