PFI in school building – does it influence educational outcomes?

KPMG published a report where they asked if PFI influences student achievement and motivation.

The main findings of the report are:

• The rate of improvement in educational attainment is 44 percent faster in schools rebuilt using PFI than those rebuilt conventionally.
  

• Unauthorised absence in schools rebuilt using PFI is reducing, whereas in a comparable set of conventional schools it is increasing. Unauthorised absence seems to be an indication of lack of student motivation, which is often argued to make a major contribution to student performance.

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