in a reduction of sports fields at a time where
exercise and healthy living is now understood as
a real benefit to our nation.
• Building Schools for the Future has created a new
opportunity to consider the needs of learning
spaces, the opportunities offered by ICT and how
this impacts on the design and integrated
external environments.
As a result of these different initiatives and
processes, the educational experience available to
Professional teachers and school leaders children of secondary school age at this time is
• The view of teachers as professionals is still not as again very varied. The intention is that every child
assured as for other professions. should have access to a ‘good’ school, but the
• The role of school leaders has changed nature of that school can be very varied in its
significantly over the last 20 years. The role of the expressed character. The resources found in schools
school leader is now closer to that of a business are many and varied and usually selected by
manager than the original role as a leader of someone in the school and bought through
learning. allocation of the annual budget. Many specialist
suppliers provide for the education market and
Politics and education offer service the school values
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as well as the
• We now have more government agencies product, installation, after-sale support, and
focusing on the delivery of education than ever training. To ensure value for money, schemes have
before. These focus on teacher training, the been set up including bulk purchase by the local
curriculum, school inspection, assessment, ICT in authority, part funding from Government, purchase
schools and school leadership. Each has a by the local authority therefore free to schools, PFI
significant influence on the delivery of education deals, and negotiated bulk deals with suppliers.
and impact on what is happening in schools. Many schools prefer to have delegated budgets in
• Education is a focus for national interest with which they have responsibility for choosing all their
government targets set at many levels and public own resources. However this makes it difficult for
concern about progress against expectations. This central government to influence custom and
feeds the political agenda and speculation about practice. What is certain is that many things have
how students achieve today compared with moved on since the 1930s in terms of approaches
previous decades. to children and their learning styles. The role of the
teacher is also very different; in many instances
The school teachers are seen as ‘navigators’ through learning.
• Schools have often been built in substantial As curriculum, forms of assessment and the needs
waves, e.g. Victorian schools, 1950
_
1970s, and of education change, the educational supplies
the pressure to create new schools has often industry will continue to respond. The relationship
limited the consideration given to their design. between what makes a ‘good’ school or college
• Many green spaces adjacent to school buildings and the innovation and commitment of those
have been sold to raise capital. This has resulted supplying schools will continue into the future.
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