Updates: Further education estates planning
2025
Updated content and links related to building regulations, approved documents and lift regulations. Updated links related to control of asbestos regulations and COSHH. Added guidance on the financial reporting of capital asset sales. Added links to full case studies within extracts.
Buying, selling and leasing property
Added guidance on checking actions before selling grant-funded assets and ensuring governors have systems in place to check for these sales. Added links to the college financial handbook and full case studies within extracts, and replaced link for the code for leasing business premises.
Updated the procurement section to reflect that the Procurement Act 2023 is now in force. Added guidance on regulatory impact in the option development process. Updated guidance on sources of funding. Added links to full case studies from extracts and replaced link for the Magic Map application. Removed references to Education and Skills Funding Agency.
2024
Added case study sections for Bridgwater and Taunton College.
Update content to include case studies for Dudley College of Technology, Bridgwater and Taunton College and Peter Symonds Sixth Form College.
Case study: Bridgwater and Taunton College
New section added.
Case study: Dudley College of Technology
New section added.
Case study: Peter Symonds Sixth Form College
New section added.
Buying, selling and leasing property
Added paragraph on option agreements to the 'Deal structures' section. Added content to the 'Leasing property' section.
Updated sections on 'Fire safety' and 'Collecting and comparing performance data'.
Updated content, including removal of 'FE summary cost models for construction projects' and 'Example calculation using index published by ONS' sections.
2023
In 'Titles, deeds and registration', updated information about deeds showing the ownership history of a property. Removed information about freehold land and leases with more than 7 years remaining being registered with HM Land Registry. Updated guidance to say users can check whether their eligible property is registered with HM Land Registry, rather than that they should do so. In 'What leases are', removed the requirement to register leases as a deed.
Updated following the Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision to reclassify colleges as public sector bodies.
Buying, selling and leasing property
Updated following the Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision to reclassify colleges as public sector bodies.
Updated following the Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision to reclassify colleges as public sector bodies.
Updated following the Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision to reclassify colleges as public sector bodies.
2022
New section added.
Buying, selling and leasing property
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
New section added.
Case study: Trafford College Group (TCG)
New section added.
Case study: Reaseheath College
New section added.