Around 600 school rebuilding or refurbishment projects are reported to be re-evaluating their schemes, with a view to saving up to 40 per cent in each local authority area.
A DfE spokesman said that school rebuilding will continue but that capital expenditure on schools must be more cost effective given the current financial climate.
"On 5 July when the Secretary of State made his announcements about the BSF programme, he made clear that where projects were being allowed to proceed, that we would be looking at the scope for savings," he said.
"He has discussed this already with senior figures in the construction industry about how this best can be achieved and very much welcomes their positive response to date. Now that the spending review has been announced, we are in a position to move forward with this work."
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