Infrastructure for learning sets out our plan to put the department’s education strategy into action across our state's educational infrastructure and provide for Queensland's diverse communities. Aligned to the State Infrastructure Strategy, it details our plan to invest wisely and leverage the collective strengths of school communities. It aims to ensure every child, young person and our school staff have access to inclusive, safe and fit-for-purpose early childhood education and school facilities that open a world of teaching and learning opportunities.
Infrastructure for learning recognises the important role schools have in connecting and strengthening our communities, but also realises learning is changing and our school environments must keep pace.
The plan seeks to embrace recent innovations in teaching and learning and make best use of our existing infrastructure. We will prioritise smarter and more sustainable approaches to planning, renewal and delivery, and focus on how we can better meet the needs of Queensland communities now and into the future.
Infrastructure for learning involves 10 priority actions made up of 29 different initiatives that will transform the way we plan, design, deliver, operate and maintain our schools.
Our priorities
- Best possible educational outcomes through school environments that are digital by default and facilitate modern learning.
- Schools as drivers of social equity through good design and asset management to deliver welcoming, culturally safe and accessible learning environments.
- Sustainable and climate positive environments through contemporary design, renewal and maintenance that build climate resilience and embeds environmental sustainability.
- Better utilisation of school infrastructure through collaborative planning with other services and the community and harnessing the influence of schools as the centre of local communities.
- Ensuring best value for public funds through evidence-based strategic planning, transparent investment decisions and using contemporary design and building methods, and where possible expanding and renewing our existing schools and network before delivering new schools.
Planning and prioritisation
One of the first initiatives of infrastructure for learning is the implementation of an investment
Planning and Prioritisation Framework (PPF).
Aligned to the State Infrastructure Strategy, the PPF prioritises optimal use of the existing state school network.
It emphasises our collaborative, system-wide approach to implementing policy, practice and non-asset solutions before significant capital investment to achieve value for money and sustainable investment that responds to the greatest areas of need.
The PPF outlines the roles involved in planning, prioritising and investing in educational infrastructure across the department including school regions and schools.