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DfE awards over £350m in school construction contracts across UK


The Department for Education has awarded a wave of school construction contracts worth over £350m, covering major rebuilds, refurbishments and enabling works across the UK.


The latest round of awards highlights continued investment into education infrastructure, with multiple tier-one contractors securing significant projects under design and build frameworks.


🏗️ Key contract awards

  • Bowmer & Kirkland – £84.6m – Helena Romanes School (Main Works)

  • BAM Construction – £71.8m – Wales High School (Main Works)

  • Bowmer & Kirkland – £62.9m – Smithdon High School (Main Works)

  • Reds10 – £22.5m – Hinkley Academy (Main Works)

  • Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure – £17m – Hempland Primary School (Main Works)

  • Galliford Try – £16.6m – RL Hughes Primary School (Main Works)

  • Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure – £14.2m – King Ethelbert School (Main Works)

  • Galliford Try – £13m – St Francis Catholic Primary School (Main Works)

  • Galliford Try – £12.7m – Thorn Grove Primary School (Main Works)


📊 Additional pipeline activity

Further awards include a mix of PCSA agreements, enabling works and smaller packages, signalling ongoing pipeline development across multiple regions:

  • BAM Construction – Thomas More Catholic School (£4.7m PCSA)

  • Bowmer & Kirkland – Hadleigh High School (£4m)

  • Baxall Construction – Pound Hill Junior School (£3.2m)

  • Kier Construction – Kings Leadership Academy (£3m PCSA)

  • BAM Construction – Penketh High School (£2.9m PCSA)

  • Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure – Greenway Junior School (£977k PCSA)


Smaller schemes under resilience and minor works programmes were also awarded, including projects delivered by Arcus FM and Borley Engineering Services.


📈 Sector insight

The scale and spread of these awards reinforces the strength of the education sector, with:

  • consistent pipeline of public sector work

  • strong presence of framework-driven procurement

  • ongoing opportunities across main works and early-stage PCSAs


With multiple schemes now progressing, further supply chain opportunities are expected as projects move through delivery phases.


 
 
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