Schools & Colleges:

Skolar has a range of skills to help existing schools by remodelling, extension, new buildings or relocation:

• Accommodation strategy development including both site capital development and properly organised planned and day to day maintenance regimes

• Curriculum analysis working with schools to best match their teaching need to space and test the adaptability of solutions to future change

• Project management

• Feasibility for individual new buildings and extensions

• Lead on project delivery: to ensure solutions are cost effective and deliverable and can be implemented while schools remain in operation

• Options analysis of existing assets to include disposal strategy of surplus property

• Funding options for improving and building new schools

• Helping inform strategic business decisions

We can also assist with the whole process of setting up new schools:

• Advice to proposer groups on how to navigate the process of setting up new Free Schools and other relevant educational facilities

• Creation of a comprehensive design brief, including curriculum analysis and schedule of accommodation

• Liaison with government partners, consultants and contractors. We can project manage on their behalf, leaving the proposer group free to focus on delivering their education strategy

• Advice that adds value to new school projects, monitoring the budget, challenging the ESFA appointed project delivery team and assisting with setting up planned maintenance and asset management post school opening