63 Ealing was encouraged to use the strategy phase to build up its capacity ahead of the procurement. 4Ps have assisted Ealing in identifying capacity issues through a skills audit. Ealing believed it had many of the skills in house, calling on experience gained from the Group PFI project and hiring external consultants.
64 School leaders told us in our focus groups that they felt overwhelmed by the need to rapidly become experts in BSF, especially building design, but praised the National College for School Leadership for its leadership training.