Transform Schools - The Company

It is widely held that there is a link between the quality of the environment in which our nations children are required to study, and their ultimate academic achievement.

As the quality of the environment is enhanced, then so too is educational attainment, behavioural characteristics and indeed teacher and pupil morale.

To this end, dedicated companies have been set up by two of the country's leading companies involved in PFI in Education, under the generic banner of Transform Schools, to meet the needs of improving the existing fabric, maintaining buildings through time and delivering core services to allow the academic staff the freedom to concentrate on the delivery of education.

Balfour Beatty Capital Projects Ltd, the division of Balfour Beatty plc that procures and manages PFI opportunities throughout all sectors of the PFI arena, together with Innisfree Ltd, the leading infrastructure investment group in the UK investing in PFI and PPP projects, have jointly set up Transform Schools, in order to deliver large, complex education PFI projects within the UK.

These two market leaders provide a strong blend of financial expertise and technical excellence, matched with considerable expertise in managing logistically demanding projects, that enables academic development to be realised under the PFI banner. The Companies under the Transform Schools banner, operate as Special Purpose Companies and specifically comprise. 

The first Transform Schools companies were formed in October 2000 to mobilise and deliver the Stoke Schools PFI project.  The success that is evident on this complex and unique project flows from the focus upon continuous improvement of the service delivery, the flexibility to accommodate change that is essential with the Education arena, and the determination to operate in partnership with the stakeholders.

This philosophy, supported by the specialised expertise that has evolved, has been the springboard from which to develop the maturing procedures and thinking across subsequent Education PFI projects under the Transform umbrella.

Transform Schools currently manages the delivery of construction upgrade/rebuild, together with fabric maintenance, energy provisions, and hard and soft FM services, on almost 25% of the total number of schools across the country that are currently being improved and maintained via the PFI process.

The ongoing experiences gained are reflected back into the bid teams to ensure that subsequent PFI opportunities benefit from contemporary practice and best value.