Kier landed the biggest job — a £69m rebuild of Upton-by-Chester High School — underlining its strong pipeline across the DfE’s School Rebuilding Programme.
Tilbury Douglas secured a trio of wins worth just over £74m for Pershore High School, Applebee Wood Community Specialist School, and East Durham College.
800-pupil Gosford Hill secondary school to the north of Oxford
Bowmer & Kirkland picked up the £44m Gosford Hill School job in Oxfordshire, while Willmott Dixon signed a £35m deal for Barnes School and Hospital on south west London.
Modular specialist Reds10 also joined the winners’ list with a £20m SEND school in Suffolk.
The projects will now move into delivery through the DfE’s regional construction frameworks covering all nine English regions.
| DfE School and College Project Awards | |||
| Project | Contractor | Value (£m) | Type |
| Upton-by-Chester High School | Kier | £69.3m | School rebuild |
| Gosford Hill School | Bowmer & Kirkland | £43.8m | School rebuild |
| Barnes School and Hospital | Willmott Dixon | £34.9m | School & hospital |
| Appleby Grammar School | Morgan Sindall | £29.2m | School rebuild |
| East Durham College | Tilbury Douglas | £26.5m | College rebuild |
| Pershore High School | Tilbury Douglas | £26.4m | School rebuild |
| Applebee Wood Community Specialist School | Tilbury Douglas | £21.5m | SEND school |
| Angel Hill School | Reds10 | £20.3m | SEND school |
