Babcock 4S awarded national platform to provide education advice

Babcock 4S, the UK’s largest education and training company, has been appointed by Partnerships for Schools (PfS) to the Education and Children’s Services Advice and Support Framework.

Babcock 4S is one of just eleven nationally approved providers, selected to provide expertise and guidance to schools, academies, local authority education and children’s services teams to help them maximise the impact of their capital investment projects. This success recognises the substantial expertise of Babcock 4S within the education sector, bringing together its unique perspective as both client advisor and deliverer.

Babcock 4S and London Borough of Lewisham celebrating partnership

Partnering with construction company, Costain, we formed Learning21 – the only BSF consortium in which the design, construction, ICT and FM services are led by an education company. This joint venture successfully secured the contract to form a Local Education Partnership (LEP) with Lewisham to deliver a £210m pathfinder programme to rebuild and refurbish all of the borough's 17 secondary and special schools. Work began in 2007, with the construction of the first two schools and the rollout of ICT provision across the whole secondary school estate. Babcock 4S provides innovative ICT solutions and managed services (provision of hardware, ongoing support and continuing professional development for staff) under a BECTA-accredited ‘Managed Service’.

In 2009, we won the British Council for School Environments (BCSE) award for ‘Best use of ICT to create a Learning Community’.   Our innovative ICT solutions for the London Borough of are heralded by Partnerships for Schools as an example of best practice.

“Our providers have lived up to our expectations. The impact the IT system has already had on teaching and learning is immense.”
Peter Walsh, Head Teacher, Forest Hill School, London Borough of Lewisham

Babcock 4S in Greenwich

London Borough of Greenwich - In this pathfinder programme, Babcock was selected as the Strategic Partnering Organisation (SPO) for Greenwich’s BSF programme to rebuild/refurbish the Borough’s secondary schools. In partnership with Arup, we manage the delivery of the BSF programme ranging from selection of construction, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and facilities management providers, through to ongoing service delivery. We provide project management, ICT and educational expertise to ensure the programme is kept on time and to budget.

For all enquiries please contact melanie.atterbury@babcock.co.uk