ABSTRACT
Traditionally, schools were modelled on the factories of the industrial revolution. But while most other legacies of Victorian education have gradually been replaced, school design has altered little in over a hundred years. With the government promising that all secondary schools in England will be rebuilt or refurbished within the next 15 years, things are beginning to change. The Building Schools for the Future project has seen over £2 billion shared among 180 schools during the first phase of the programme in 2005 and 2006, with more to follow. It should bring schools and communities together with leading architects. It could even spell the end for draughty mobiles, smelly toilets and crowded corridors.
