This follows news that only 37 schools would be built by the end of the year, instead of the 200 planned.
NO: John Bangs, head of education, National Union of Teachers
The job needs doing, but any building programme will inevitably experience delays. The government's pledge to speed the process is a welcome one and it should not be criticised too severely for any shortfalls in scheduling.
Sadly, the BSF programme has been marred in two key respects. Public-private partnership bureaucracy means many schools struggle to make amendments to plans, tied up as they are with private contractors. In addition, the initiative has been fogged by an erroneous message that academies should be built. The regeneration of schools must not centre on architectural fantasies.
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