As part of the University of Sheffield’s three year research into stakeholder engagement in school design, they have identified 15 phases of involvement which can be used to help plan and communicate student and wider community engagement activities.
Mossbourne Academy student © Alys Tomlinson
Through categorising activities into phases, stakeholders - including students and teachers - will be clearer on the nature of the involvement at different points of a school design project (ie. pre-brief, construction, design, use). As a result, the engagement process for you and your students will be easier to both set up and coordinate.
Download the ‘Phases of involvement in school design’
You can download a one-page document which visually displays the 15 phases as icons. These icons can be used when planning student and wider community engagement activities.
Access the 'Phases of involvement in school design' document (PDF, 2,051 KB)
You can also use these in staff meetings as labels to help you map your curriculum activities against the school build timeline. You could use them when meeting with LA officers, external organisations and when working with the project design team.
The phases aim to help you plan your engagement strategy, get the timings right and communicate the purpose of the engagement activity - ultimately putting people at the heart of the process.
Download the University of Sheffield’s ‘Designing new schools: putting people at the heart of the process’ summary of findings published November 2009).
