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Building Schools for the Future - LutonICT Soft Market Day16th January 2007

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Luton BSF ICT Soft Market Day

Presenters –

Kevin Duffy Project Director

Roger Lucas Programme Manager

David Crick SIA ICT Strategy

Peter Hunter SOCitm Consulting

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Luton BSF Agenda

Vision

Scope & Size Work

PSP requirements

Managing the Programme

LEP

Political Support

Existing frameworks

Involvement of Schools

Evaluation criteria

Timescale/OJEU

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Luton BSF

The Town’s Vision 2011:

• Economic regeneration• Addressing deprivation • Enhancing employment• Better school performance• Improving health• Public transport • Leisure• Environment

Seeking a LEP partner to add to our agenda

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Luton BSF

Outline of transformation vision:

BSF will provide the capital infrastructure that underpins our ‘Campus Luton’ collaborative vision and will support the extended school and wider services agendas

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Luton BSF

Scope and size of work:

Wave 3 (6 schools) 2010 – 2011:

• 2 new build academies

• 1 new build*

• 3 refurbishments

Wave 6 (7 schools) 2012 - 2013:

• 2 new builds*

• 5 refurbishments

• Total value of £233.5m

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Luton BSF

Private Sector Partner (PSP) requirements:

Design, build, ICT managed service, FM and lifecycle, plus other potential construction projects/property services (e.g. primary schools, extended schools, extended services, community facilities)

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Luton BSF

Managing the programme: robust client team with strong corporate and political support, assisted by external advisers for ICT, Design, Technical, Financial and Legal Services.

Approach to a LEP: initially thin, linked to schools estate but with the proviso to encompass additional construction projects/property services

Political support: strong cross party representation on Luton’s BSF Commission

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Luton BSF

Existing frameworks: none

Involvement of schools: actively involved on individual and consortia basis. LA is financially supporting ‘change champions’ in each of the three consortia areas

Evaluation criteria: strength of design solutions to deliver our educational vision, competitive costs, sustainability, shared values,

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Luton BSF

Overview of timescales and anticipated OJEU date:

SBC – January 2007

OBC - March 2007

OJEU – From April 2007

New build academies and refurbished

schools from September 2010

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Luton BSF

Summary - Why Luton?

• Proximity to London

• Excellent transport links & Potential expansion of London Luton Airport.

• A major programme of investment in regeneration currently in excess of £600m

• Part of the SE growth area MK& South Midlands sub regional plan for additional housing and employment

• Strong track record of partnerships

• Major regeneration agenda

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Luton2005-2012 – Investment (£3.8bn)

Developments include:

• Building Schools for the Future

• Airport Expansion

• Redevelopment of Vauxhall, Power Court, Butterfield Park, Marsh Farm

• M1 widening

• Translink / other transport proposals

• Luton Town Football Club

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ICT: Current position

• Luton’s approach to BSF ICT is based on a foundation of good existing service.

• High computer-teacher ratios and computer–pupil ratios in many schools (both Secondary and Primary).

• Many IWBs and wide variety of ICT equipment/software in place in many schools that is impacting on learning

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ICT: Current position• 10 Mb connections to all secondary

schools via LBC and E2BN.• All Luton Secondary schools have

arranged their own technical support and have network manager’s and technical support staff in place as well as higher level support from ICT Companies.

• Many schools have upgraded networks and installed wireless networks.

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ICT: Current position• Microsoft Learning Gateway and Learning

Platform 3 year pilot project in place for all secondary schools.

• City Learning Centre (elearning@luton) highly regarded by DfES and impacting on learning and attainment in many schools.

• Schools are using the BECTA/NCSL ICT Self Review Framework to both evaluate and plan – some have achieved ICT Mark.

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ICT: Current position

• Very good curriculum support to schools with increasingly e-confident staff.

• MIS systems (largely Capita Sims) effectively used for administration and linked to raising attainment and achievement.

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ICT: Current position• The use of ICT to support inclusion is well

underway in Luton. One of our special schools attained ICT Mark and has recently won a National Award at the 2007 BETT Show.

• There is already good community provision for ICT within Luton, in Adult and Community Education centres attached to schools, local community centres, libraries as well as outreach work from Local Authority staff.

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ICT: Current position

• “The Luton Learning Grid – L2G” (http://www.learning.luton.gov.uk) provides a wide range of information and resources to Headteachers, Governors, Teachers, Parents and learners of all ages.

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BSF ICT Approach

• PfS ‘standard’ approach - ICT Output Specification, Contract, Payment Mechanism

• ‘Campus Luton’ philosophy reflected in a highly integrated, collaborative ICT model

• Broad scope of managed service

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ICT Philosophy

• Ambitious, innovative, leading edge

• High expectation of ICT ‘partner’

• Complementary to LBC on the transformation journey

• School commitment to ten year model

• Trading beyond the BSF core

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ICT Assumptions

• Aim to adopt common technical standards to maximise opportunities for innovative software and materials

• But note– Current Learning Gateway project– Extensive use of Capita MIS products

(schools and LA)

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Learning Platform 1

• Content management: Controlled creation, editing and publishing of content

• Curriculum planning: Personalisation and not “lessons”

• Learner administration: Single log-on, parent portal, integration

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Learning Platform 2

• Tools and services: Need mediating and monitoring

• MIS (Luton addition): Integration in and between schools (registration, access, meals, assessment, tracking, etc.) + integration with LA systems and ECM

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Infrastructure

• WAN: Included in scope, seamless with LAN, VOIP for all

• LAN: Backwards and forwards compatible, scaleable, support BM & FM, maximise use of personal devices

• Extended services: Framework/ catalogue style approach

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User equipment

• Maximise school choice

• Staff = more than teachers

• Exploit mobile computing and converging technologies

• Software access for the remote user

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Network services

• Good control (e.g. filter) mechanisms with devolved decision-making

• Email compatibility with Council

• Support for DP and FoI requests

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Change and training• Transformation not through ICT alone• Complement Council change

management plan and ICT support• Training for new pedagogical

approaches, differing learner styles/needs, self-direction, new ‘workflow’

• Better users of data• CLC in scope

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Operations 1

• Continuous improvement: Lead, encourage, pilot, enable, be flexible

• Helpdesk: Multi-channel, multi-skilled (technical and usage), remote users

• Anywhere access: Rich offering (digital resources and software)

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Operations 2

• Business continuity: Opportunity to help Council

• User accounts: Single log-on, aim to minimise admin workload

• Security: ISO27001• Reporting: Support enquiries and

requests

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Local choice & refresh

• Choice beyond the local choice fund

• Catalogue/framework for: Later phase schools, primary schools, cash purchases, extended services

• Refresh: Opportunity to exploit technological advance & consequences

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Luton BSF

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