Education asset management plan

The Capital Strategy Unit, in the Children, Families & Education directorate is responsible for developing and managing KCC's Education Asset Management Plan (EAMP). This involves producing and collating data on the condition, suitability and sufficiency of the school estate, which helps ensure that funding is directed to those areas of greatest need.

The EAMP is made up of two documents - the Statement of Priorities (PDF, 385k) and the Local Policy Statement (PDF, 200k).

Programmes of work

Various programmes of capital building works are developed in accordance with the priorities specified in the plan, ensuring a fair distribution of allocated funds. These cover major build and maintenance projects for the school estate, as well as programmes of work designed to meet health and safety legislation, such as asbestos and safety glazing.

Support and guidance

Support and advice is available to schools and governing bodies as well as assistance with the production of School Premises Development Plans.

For more information please contact Sheree Hyder on 01622 694771 or email sheree.hyder@kent.gov.uk.

Condition

Condition surveys provide a systematic, uniform and objective basis for gathering information on the state of the external and internal fabric of school buildings.

Surveys identify the work necessary to bring buildings up to a serviceable state of repair and are carried out on the components of a building such as the walls, doors and windows. Each individual component is given a condition and priority rating with an estimated repair or renewal cost.

All schools receive a full condition survey as part of a three year rolling programme. The data gathered informs future maintenance programmes and formula budgets.

Suitability

Suitability surveys of schools are an assessment of how well premises meet the needs of pupils, teachers and other users and contribute towards raising standards of education.

The assessment covers size, shape, location, environmental conditions, fittings and fixed furniture, IT infrastructure and health and safety issues. The surveys inform funding programmes as well as providing the Department for Education with information about school accommodation problems.

Sufficiency

Sufficiency is a measure of the internal area of the school. This measurement gives a capacity figure and therefore the notional number of pupils that the school could hold together with an indication of the number of pupils the school could admit in each year.