The Short Run Impact of the Building Schools for the Future Programme on Attainment at Key Stage 4

Dave Thomson ()
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Dave Thomson: Education Datalab, FFT

No 16-07, DoQSS Working Papers from Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London

Abstract: Building Schools for the Future (BSF) was a £55 billion, 15 year programme to rebuild or renovate all secondary schools in England that was cancelled after 6 years. By comparing pupil attainment at schools whose projects were completed to pupil attainment at schools whose projects were cancelled, the effects of new school buildings on pupil attainment are estimated. A number of different estimation methods are used, including linear regression, conditional difference-in-differences (with and without propensity score matching), and 'within-between' random-effects regression. Results from the various models are broadly similar and show that new school buildings have no effect on pupil attainment, at least in the short-term. Given that the stated aim of BSF was educational transformation, such outcomes represent poor value for money in the short term.

Keywords: School buildings; Pupil attainment; Building schools for the future programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-13
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