Spotlight: Condition Improvement Fund Insights 2025/26

Condition Improvement Fund 2025/26 (CIF) Insights

This report examines the 2025–26 Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) results, offering fresh insight into how capital maintenance funding is being distributed—and where the current system could be improved.

Despite a modest increase in capital budgets, this year marked a new low for successful projects and schools, with fewer than one in six CIF-eligible institutions receiving funding.

With the Department for Education reviewing the future of capital maintenance funding, these insights aim to inform the conversation and support a more transparent, needs-based approach.

To download the report in full, please fill in your details in the form below.

If you would like to discuss how to prepare for another possible CIF round, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on 0116 5070130 or email on enquire@s2e.org.uk.