The rapid acceleration of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is demonstrating the benefits of co-ordinated investment in building fabric, IT and new ways of learning. After a slow start, more than 100 schools have been opened since 2008, and a further 120 completions are expected during 2010.With the widening of the “readiness to deliver” assessment to all waves of proposed BSF investment in 2008, a further 18 local education authorities are expected to join the programme before the end of the 2009/10 financial year.