10 Year Property Plan (10YPP) Audit 2007
A summary of the 2007 audit on compliance and completion of 10YPPs consisting of a sample of 200 schools.
The 2007 or second full year audit of school 10-Year Property Plans was again completed by Argest Technical Services Ltd. The audit involved:
- testing the process that went into the 10YPP's compilation;
- progress to date on the plan;
- checking the plan against reality; and
- implementation processes
The results of the audit have been tabulated as follows with comparative data for the previous, 2006 audit.
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Feature |
2006 |
2007 |
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Does the school have a 10YPP in place? |
96% |
99% |
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Is it used for of planning, guiding and monitoring property management processes? |
100% |
100% |
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Does the 10YPP meet guidelines to keep the school in a fit state of repair? |
100% |
98% |
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Does the physical condition of facilities match the plan? |
100% |
100% |
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Does the school regularly update the plan? |
100% |
100% |
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Does the school have preventative maintenance practices in place? |
80-96% |
70-93% |
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Does the school have a defined process for implementing the work? |
100% |
100% |
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Has the plan been prepared by an independent consultant? |
91% |
87% |
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2006 = 206 schools 2007=200 schools |
Generally all schools have adopted the need to plan ahead and have had a 10YPP in place for several years. The results compared favourably with previous audits and highlighted an improvement on schools understanding and implementation of the requirements for the plan. Other observations from the audit were:
- schools are taking their property management responsibilities seriously;
- professional consultants are generally being used to prepare 10YPPs;
- schools looked well maintained; and
- schools were comfortable being surveyed.
Detailed information of the full audit, including individual school results, is available from the downloadable document below.