23 local authorities have now signed deals with a private sector partner

The first phase of the largest 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future project to be procured to date 鈥� the 拢1.8bn Kent scheme 鈥� has reached financial close.

Contracts have been signed between Kent council, Land Securities Trillium / Northgate Education and 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future Investments to work on the first 10 schools and develop proposals for a further 25 in Gravesham, Thanet and Swale. The contract has an estimated capital spend of 拢600m. 

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Tim Byles, chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, said: "Today's milestone brings the number of local authorities to have signed deals with a private sector partner to 23, illustrating the momentum and pace of delivery that is now beginning to build in BSF.鈥� 

He added that BSF was attracting increasing interest from construction firms as the programme develops. He said: "BSF continues to be an attractive proposition to the private sector market. New figures show that there are now 25 active LEP [Local Education Partneship] bidders in waves 4 to 6, demonstrating the increased interest in bidding for work as the programme ramps up towards the delivery target of at least 200 schools a year from 2011 onwards." 

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