12 In 2001 Bristol launched a strategy of renovating its secondary school estate, including the closure, rebuilding and opening of schools, and starting with the rebuilding of four schools under a Group PFI project. BSF provided further impetus by providing funding for the next four schools to be rebuilt and ICT in one school previously built by the Local Authority in Wave 1 and the remodelling of six more in Wave 4. The rebuilding programme has focused on schools near the borders of the city where performance is particularly poor and that are vulnerable to pupils being attracted to schools outside the Authority.
13 Bristol has established a standard LEP with a consortium led by Skanska, and using Northgate as ICT subcontractors. Bristol decided to go for a "thinly capitalised" LEP, without any direct staff, and dependent upon the supply chain. Bristol wanted to retain the function of strategic planning in developing future schools.