This report evaluates the current system for allocating school maintenance funding, exploring its origins, purpose, and the potential implications of changing it. It forms part of a series of reports reflecting on the decisions that have shaped the school estate and what we might hope for in the future.
This report examines the latest 2024/25 CIF outcomes data, comparing it against historical results to uncover key trends and implications for CIF-eligible institutions. Designed with busy estates teams and education leaders in mind, the analysis is concise and focused, highlighting the most critical insights to aid decision-making and support successful funding applications.
This document provides a detailed analysis of the education capital spending announcements from the Autumn Budget 2024. It is designed to help school leaders, trustees, and academies understand the impact of funding changes on their school estates.
This eBook is aimed at helping trustees and leaders of schools and academies develop or review their health and safety strategies, ensuring a safe and compliant environment for all.
This eBook is aimed at school and academy leaders who would like to know more about the different funding streams available for school estate improvement, and how to source them.
In this ebook we provide guidance on SCA eligibility, how the amount is calculated and identify the key differences between CIF and SCA funding.
In this ebook guide, we provide guidance on how educational establishments can decarbonise their buildings to reduce their carbon footprint and become fossil-fuel free, with funding available through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
In this second of a two part ebook, focusing on construction projects, we provide a guide on project managing construction work for your school, academy or MAT.
In this first of a two part ebook, focusing on construction projects, we provide a guide on the steps you need to take, to comply with statutory requirements before embarking on any academy or MAT building project.
In this ebook we provide a guide to the opportunities that S106 funding can offer your academy or MAT when a new housing development means you need to expand.
In this ebook we provide an overview of why condition surveys are needed, the benefits they bring and how they are essential if you want to secure funding for maintenance and get the very best value out of money you allocate for repairs.
In this ebook we discuss the opportunities that modular buildings offer your school or academy and guidance on choosing the right scheme and obtaining the necessary funding.
We have produced an ebook guide to help you navigate the latest GEM guidance. To register and download your copy of the ebook, please click on the Read More link below.
This eBook is aimed at all academies who would like to determine the condition of their school estate and obtain the best funding available to them. To register and download your copy of the ebook, please click on the Read More link below.
S2e’s expertise and dedication in constructing our new STEM building were outstanding. Their ability to navigate challenges and deliver a top-quality educational facility reflects their commitment to excellence. We are immensely grateful for their contribution.
“The addition of this versatile and exciting facility to Martin High School has created greater opportunities to enhance health and well being for pupils and staff. It has also created a fantastic facility for the community, serving as a dedicated venue to optimise the sports offerings for individuals of all ages in the locality.
“Surveyors to Education (S2e) are nothing short of amazing! They are very supportive; they communicate consistently well and remove a lot of the stress of managing a big project. They have been both the designer and the school’s representative through the process and they really want to ensure we understand what is going on at each step of the process.”
“Together, we have overseen the replacement of a dilapidated temporary mobile with a state-of-the-art two-storey bespoke English and maths block which has enabled us to bring our departments together and create some fantastic spaces for our students to thrive”
Surveyors to Education (S2e) are starting the 2025 education conference season by attending three education events for school estate professionals next week. The ABLE Spring Conference on 3rd March, ISBL / EdExec LIVE on 4th March and The Independent Schools Conference on 6th March.
The government has announced a £740 million fund to help mainstream schools adapt so that they can provide places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The initiative aims to alleviate the overwhelming demand for places in state special schools by enabling more children with SEND to stay in mainstream schools closer to home.
Sam’s passion for sustainability and education has shaped his career in the built environment. With diverse experience in residential, commercial, and educational projects, including work within a prestigious Cambridge school, he joined S2e in April 2024. Sam is dedicated to helping schools secure funding and deliver projects that transform learning environments.
Last month the government launched the School-Based Nursery Capital Grant which is a one-time grant available for eligible state-funded primary schools. Schools can bid for up to £150,000 of funding to use solely for capital expenditure, to convert surplus space within a school building so that it is suitable for nursery provision, from a total funding pot of £15 million.
