Nine schemes across England have now been cleared to start on site with final contract awards on the next wave of jobs from the School Rebuilding Programme pipeline.
Bowmer & Kirkland dominates the latest release with two of the biggest secondary school jobs, securing £147m of work across Helena Romanes School in Great Dunmow, Essex and Smithdon High School in Hunstanton, East Anglia.
Tier one rivals also picked up a sizeable slice of the programme.
Galliford Try has landed three primary school rebuilds worth £42m combined, covering projects in Wigan, Ascot and Huddersfield.
Morgan Sindall has secured two schemes totalling £31m in York and Birchington-on-Sea.
Offsite specialist REDS10 rounds out the list with a £22.5m contract for Hinkley Academy in Leicestershire.
| DfE school main works approvals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project | Contractor | Value (£m) |
| Helena Romanes School, Great Dunmow | Bowmer & Kirkland | 84.6 |
| Smithdon High School, Hunstanton | Bowmer & Kirkland | 62.9 |
| Hinkley Academy, Leicestershire | REDS10 | 22.5 |
| Hempland Primary School, York | Morgan Sindall | 17.0 |
| RL Hughes Primary School, Wigan | Galliford Try | 16.6 |
| King Ethelbert School, Birchington-on-Sea | Morgan Sindall | 14.2 |
| St Francis Catholic Primary, Ascot | Galliford Try | 13.0 |
| Thorn Grove Primary School, Stockport | Galliford Try | 12.7 |
source: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/04/20/dfe-unleashes-243m-school-rebuild-wave-for-main-works/