• LocatEd expands remit to include ‘site optimisation’

    A company set up by the government to find and buy sites for the free schools programme will now advise academies on how to “optimise” their sites. The government is “broadening the remit of LocatED to provide more advice to multi-academy trusts on how to optimise your sites”, according to Lord Agnew, the minister for…

    5.00 May. 26th, 2018 | News

  • DfE property company considers onsite housing for teachers

    The government-backed company tasked with buying sites for new schools is looking at providing housing for teachers in new developments, its chief executive has revealed. Lara Newman (pictured below) has told an event in London that LocatED is “in the very early stages” of developing onsite housing for teachers at schools in some areas, though there…

    13.05 Apr. 17th, 2018 | News