Summary
Advice for schools and responsible bodies to help manage their school buildings and land.
Managing your school estate effectively will help you to save money and ensure you have a healthy, safe and sustainable school environment. Find out more about the benefits of good estate management (PDF, 643KB).
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Find out what policies and processes you should have in place by looking at the fundamentals of good estate management.
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Complete the organisational self-assessment tool to assess your organisation’s current approach to estate management.
Who should read this manual
You will find this manual useful if you have responsibility for overseeing or managing the estate.
This includes:
- proprietors, leaders and governors of schools
- charity trustees of academies and academy trusts
- trustees of schools
- school business professionals
- those with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the school estate
- local authorities
- diocesan authorities and other religious authorities and bodies
Contents
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The important policies, processes and documents schools should aim to have in place.
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An overview of strategic estate management and the policies and governance arrangements you should have in place to help manage your estate effectively.
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Advice on governance, budgeting, procurement and emergency planning procedures to help you manage your estate.
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Advice on the information you should have about your estate, and how to use it effectively.
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Understand how to use data to measure the performance of your estate, encourage sustainability and manage energy and water use.
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Advice on planning and prioritising maintenance works to ensure the learning environment is safe, warm and weatherproof.
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Advice on legal responsibilities for managing and maintaining school buildings and land, and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory standards.
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Advice on planning, managing and delivering all sizes of estate projects.
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Functions, skills and knowledge required to effectively manage the school estate.
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Tools to help schools and responsible bodies manage their school buildings and land.
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Definitions of common terms used in this manual to reflect the differences between schools.