Learning from a new initiative

12 It is important that other Government departments developing similar procurement models learn and apply the lessons from LIFT. The Department for Education and Skills has launched its Building Schools for the Future initiative, a £25 billion programme to renew or rebuild England's entire secondary school estate. The models for Building Schools for the Future and LIFT were both developed by Partnerships UK and have elements in common. Many lessons have already been learned by Partnerships for Schools, the national body responsible for implementing the programme, but there is a risk that the full range of lessons learned from LIFT around set-up, resources, evaluation and governance are not adopted. Lessons learned and best practice should be transferred bilaterally between Partnerships for Health and Partnerships for Schools as both programmes develop and there are already mechanisms in place to achieve this.