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Teacher Support Network today welcomed the Department of Children, Schools and Families’ announcement to rebuild hundreds of primary schools as part of the £7 billion Primary Capital Programme.

The charity’s 2007 survey, run with the British Council for School Environments (BCSE), showed that while 87 per cent of respondents believed that school environments influence pupil behaviour, only 12 per cent thought that their school premises offered an effective learning environment.

At a roundtable discussion between architects, teacher unions, representatives from government and other key BSF stakeholders in June hosted by Teacher Support Network and BCSE, attendees said that the success of the programme was threatened by a lack of interaction between architects and teachers.

The resulting report, entitled ‘Just another brick in the wall? How schools could benefit from better building investment’, proposed that a named individual in each building process should be responsible for ensuring teachers are fully engaged and supported from beginning to end and that time should be freed up from teachers’ working lives to make sure they can by involved.

Teacher Support Network Chief Executive, Patrick Nash, said: “We’re very happy to see this investment into primary school buildings which could potentially really improve standards of education and the wellbeing of teachers.

“Designers must be able to engage with teachers and others working and studying in schools in order to make sure new buildings really suit the needs of the whole school community.”

Ian Fordham, deputy chief executive of the British Council for School Environments, said: "Primary schools are absolutely key to children's development, so this is a good use of our resources - our school buildings do make a difference to how well children learn and behave.

"The key now is to ensure this money is well spent in a common sense way. It must compliment other broader educational agendas such as the children's plan, and the general health and well being of young people, to ensure a long term legacy for our children and our communities."