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Buildings & Finance

Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education takes pride in working with schools to provide the best possible teaching and learning environment for all children and young people in our Church Schools. The Buildings and Finance Team is responsible for supporting Headteachers and Governors of our Voluntary Aided (VA) Schools in maintaining and developing their buildings, working through their appointed Diocesan School Surveyor. Voluntary Controlled Schools may also seek advice from our experts in partnership with the Local Authority provision.

Download Buildings & Finance resources from the 'Resources' box on the left (below 'In this section').

Your Buildings and Finance Team is:

Catherine Hannell, Buildings Officer:
01722 428422, catherine.hannell@salisbury.anglican.org
Steve Baysting, Assistant Buildings Officer:
01722 428435, steven.baysting@salisbury.anglican.org
Jo Brookes, Business Manager:
01722 428421, jo.brookes@salisbury.anglican.org
Coral Dunwell, Finance Administrator:
01722 428425, coral.dunwell@salisbury.anglican.org

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Our work includes:

Devolved Formula Capital

Our Buildings and Finance Team manage most of our VA schools Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) funds on their behalf, approving projects, paying contractors and making the necessary annual returns to Partnerships for Schools. For more information on DFC see the resources box on the left of this page (under in this section).
Contact Catherine Hannell for advice on DFC funding and approvals:
01722 428422, catherine.hannell@salisbury.anglican.org

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LA Coordinated VA Programme

Local Authority Coordinated VA Programme (LCVAP) is a formulaic allocation which Partnerships for Schools ask each Local Authority (LA) to coordinate on their behalf. It is generally used to fund building projects which require funding above that available through their own Devolved Formula Capital. For more information on LCVAP see the resources box on the left of this page (under in this section).
Contact Catherine Hannell for advice on LCVAP funding and approvals:
01722 428422, catherine.hannell@salisbury.anglican.org

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Governors’ contributions

Our Uniform Statutory Trust fund, built up from the sale of redundant school sites, enables us to offer 2% towards the required 10% statutory contribution which VA school governors have to provide for many building projects.
We can also offer a further loan facility in certain cases.
Contact Jo Brookes:
01722 428421, jo.brookes@salisbury.anglican.org

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Diocesan Schools Surveyors

A Diocesan School Surveyor is appointed to look after each VA school. For more information on the services provided, click here.
Contact Catherine Hannell for advice on Diocesan Surveying Services:
01722 428422, catherine.hannell@salisbury.anglican.org

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Land and Trust Issues

We also offer advice on any land, property or trust deed matter affecting Diocesan schools, including the purchase or selling of any land or buildings, and we will instruct agents on your behalf.
Contact Jo Brookes for advice on land, property or trust deed matters:
01722 428421, jo.brookes@salisbury.anglican.org

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Educational Grants and Charities

Bishop Wordsworth Educational Trust
Makes grants to CofE schools within the Diocese of Salisbury in support of Christian learning across the curriculum. Download 'BWET' details from the Resources box on the left (under 'in this section').

Sarum St Michael Educational Trust
The Sarum St Michael Educational Charity is a trust formed from the assets of an Anglican college of education that closed in Salisbury in 1979. Its aim is to advance the work in education originally done by the college. The charity makes grants to individuals ineligible for student loans to help them pursue their further education. It also offers bursaries to intended teachers of Religious Education, as well as helping schools pay for resources for teaching RE, and parishes pay for books and equipment for Sunday schools, youth clubs. Grants are made within a wide geographical area consisting of the Diocese of Salisbury and all of the adjacent dioceses.
Click here for the official website

Buildings Services Committee

The Building Services Committee, with four church school Headteachers and three Governors, monitors the work of this team, receiving completed questionnaires from schools, surveyors and builders on each project, and ensuring that a quality service is provided.
The committee also assists the officers with prioritising the allocation of Locally Coordinated VA Programme (LCVAP) funds for each Local Authority.
Contact Catherine Hannell:
01722 428422, catherine.hannell@salisbury.anglican.org

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