Condition Improvement Fund (CIF)

CIF is an ESFA funded annual bidding process allowing successful academies to fund urgent condition and premises improvement projects, ensuring a safe, compliant and positive learning environment.

Eligibility

Stand-alone Academies or Voluntary Aided School(s) in a multi-academy trust (MAT) with fewer than 5 schools or fewer than 3,000 pupils as counted in the Spring census will be eligible to apply for the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF).

If your institution’s numbers exceed the above then you will be eligible for School Condition Allocations (SCA) funding, please contact us to see how we can help you deploy this money where your Estate needs it the most.

CIF Success and How Ashley Consultants Can Assist Your School

CIF is a highly competitive annual funding round, notoriously over subscribed with an average of 40% of applications being successful each year.

Ashley Consultants consistently achieve an extremely high success rate across a wide range of projects, including:

• Fire Compliance
• Boiler replacement and distribution services
• Electrical upgrade
• Safeguarding and site security
• Window and roof replacements
• Block refurbishment

Ashley Consultants will assist you through the whole process, providing you with our extensive experience from project conception to bid application and full project management on achieving funding. Ashley Consultants will provide:

• Full assessment of your project needs advising on priority works and likely success.
• Project design and professional evidence, advising where further specialist independent evidence may be required.
• Project specification and tender.
• Bid writing and application support.
• Contract Management on successful funding application.

CIF Timeline

Annual timeline can vary but expected dates and deadlines for the CIF 25/26 Round are:

While each bidding round is not announced until October we would always recommend that early bid preparation provides the best chance of successful outcome. Ashley Consultants’ experienced team can help from bid preparation to final submission.