The School Buildings Team provide support to schools in matters relating to their capital funding, and school premesis. We can draw on advice from architectural, propery, and legal professionals to provide the best possible advice to schools. This support is offered to Voluntary Aided and Voluntary Controlled schools, academies should seek advice from their Multi Academy Trust.
Voluntary Aided schools usually access their Devolved Formula Capitla (DFC) through the Diocese of Norwich Pooling Scheme. Please see DFC project form below to set up a project.
The Diocese of Norwich and Diocese of Ipswich and St Edmundsbury share a School Capital Allocation (SCA). SCA bidding forms are available year round, but the main bidding round runs from 1st July – 31st October, for projects commencing the following April. The annual SCA allocation is managed by the Diocese School Estates and Capital Funding (SECF) Committee. Please refer to the Prioritisation of SCA projects form for guidance on projects that are likley to be funded.
We offer introductory training for new staff, covering a range of subjects, many of which are listed below.
- Building projects and advice
- Landownership questions
- Processes for making building alterations.
- Trust Deeds
- Subletting
- Acaemy Conversion land matters
- Net Zero Carbon
- Capital Funding advice.
- Bidding for SCA funding
- Setting up new DFC projects
- The Diocese Pooling Scheme
Your contacts are:
Easter message
An Easter message from the Bishop of Norwich is published in the Eastern Daily Press today (Saturday April 4). Bishop Graham writes: At the heart of Easter are the words
Holy Week and Easter at Norwich Cathedral
A Palm Sunday procession through the city and a beautiful performance of the St John Passion by the Cathedral Choir marked the beginning of Holy Week at Norwich Cathedral. It
March with the Bishop of Norwich, celebrating a new Archbishop, joyful confirmations and a great hymn-writer
March was a month of celebrations, with the installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury a national and international highlight. All three Diocese of Norwich bishops were at the historic
Diocesan colleagues unite to care for creation at Connect 2026
Colleagues from all 42 dioceses across the Church of England gathered this week to find inspiration and support as they work to care for creation. At Christian conference centre The Hayes,
Chrism Eucharist
Holy oils, to be used across the diocese in baptisms, confirmations, ordinations and to anoint the sick and dying, were blessed at The Chrism Eucharist in Norwich Cathedral today (Monday
Royal Maundy service, including Bishop of Norwich, to feature on Songs of Praise
On Maundy Thursday The King and Queen will be at St Asaph Cathedral in north Wales when 154 people will be given specially-struck silver coins in recognition of their Christian