Construction firm Interserve and its joint venture partner Kajima have been appointed to design and build seven secondary schools across Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading.

This is one of the first batch of schools to be funded using the Government’s new PF2 private finance model.

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The scheme, which was procured under the Priority School Building Programme, has a capital value in excess of £135 million.

More than 8,900 pupils across the South East region will benefit from this investment, with almost 900 additional places for 11-18 years old to be created in modern, purpose-built buildings.

Interserve Kajima, which was appointed preferred bidder by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) in April 2014, will be responsible for the design and construction of the schools as well as all maintenance services over 25-years.

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