Key 2025 changes affecting the education estate

As we approach the end of the autumn term, our Insight team takes a moment to reflect on what’s happened in 2025.

It has been a year of contradictions: much has been announced, yet the lived reality for much of the education estate has remained unchanged. Annual maintenance budgets have increased, but not enough to deliver meaningful impact for most. The School Rebuilding Programme will be extended, but only a small proportion of schools will benefit. And while government-wide strategies have been released, they offer little indication of a material shift in approach for school and college estates.

Our analysis looks at the key legal, funding and guidance announcements of 2025 including:

New legal obligations for school estate and emergency planning
The £38bn capital investment set out in the UK Infrastructure Plan
Funding changes in early years, FE, and school maintenance
The end of PSDS and LCSF - and questions about what’s next
The new School Estate Management Standards

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