Education

Sectors / Education

Estate certainty for schools, trusts and universities

Education estates mix teaching blocks, labs, sports halls, boarding, catering and land, often across several sites and eras of construction. Portrait measures the estate as it stands and checks rates, drainage and insurance records against the result, with budgets and governance in mind.

Where the money sits

Three education-specific cost checks

Rateable values

Academies and independents carry rating entries built on old floor schedules. Exemptions and reliefs are frequently misapplied.

Surface water

Large roofs, playgrounds and playing fields drive drainage bills. Fields and soakaways often should not be charged at all.

Insurance schedules

Declared areas and rebuild data drift as estates grow. Corrected mid-term rather than at renewal.

Governance-ready

Evidence that survives an audit committee

Bursars and estate managers answer to governors, trustees and auditors. Every finding is written down, traceable to the measured survey, and priced under no reduction, no fee terms for qualifying reviews.

One measured record per site, held in Landscape

Findings reported in plain terms for governors

Multi-site trusts reviewed to one method