Government Property Function

The Government Property Function manages the biggest, most diverse property estate in the country. It operates across departments, delivery organisations and agencies, on an estate comprising more than 140,000 properties with a combined value of more than £180bn.

The Profession is a network of over 7,000 members, who lead all property-related activities for the Government. The Government Property Strategy sets out the ambitions for the Function in three main missions: transforming places and services; creating a smaller, better, and greener estate; and delivering with professional excellence and insight.

The Government School of Property is run by the Government Property Profession which brings together all of the existing learning options in one place so you can find the right development path for you. All materials and resources are housed on the Government Property Community Portal under the Learning & Development and Accreditation section. It's here where you'll be able to find key resources such as our Learning & Development Curriculum and our Career Framework. Becoming a member of the property community will give you access to all training opportunities provided by the Property Profession team, along with recent news and events. Better yet, it also provides the opportunity to interact with fellow property professionals on our forum page.

Whether you are new to the property profession or an experienced professional, the Government Property Profession is here to help support you on your career path. We offer a variety of resources and supported learning solutions to help you achieve professional accreditation to progress your career. This includes (but is not limited to) programmes with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM).

Become a part of our community today to find out where you career path can take you via the vacancies on our Jobs and Careers page on our portal. For all other inquiries please get in touch with our profession team via email.

The current Learning Frameworks contract is ending on 30 April 2026. This change will impact when you can book learning linked to our Professions pages. To support you with this transition, any courses impacted by the change will display a notice.

The final date for bookings is 30 April 2026, with learning required to start by 31 July 2026 and finish by 31 January 2027. After this deadline, new bookings will resume after the new contract starts.

These changes are happening across a series of waves and more information can be found here. The products in Wave 1 will not be available to book from 30 June 2025, and products in Wave 2 will not be available to book from 1 November 2025. The products in Wave 3 will need to start by 30 April 2026 and therefore we recommend bookings are made six weeks before this, by 19 March 2026.