RAAC

Feature: The RAAC school that moved into Georgian wedding venue

14-hour days, classroom tables in gazebos and scout huts: the inside story of dealing with crumbly concrete

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Adjudicator backs council’s objections to trust’s year 7 intake cut

Case is another example of the disconnect between councils and trusts in school admissions system

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents 

Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from 'approved letting agent' to 'ensure parents had link to...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Disastrous’ Birmingham £100m IT system hits school budgets

Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
RAAC

DfE now says ‘reasonable’ RAAC revenue costs WILL be funded

Government updates guidance after original funding snub 'added insult to injury'

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Jack Dyson
School buildings

Faults (and leaks) force two school closures a day

Collapsed ceilings, 'flying debris' from damaged roofs and overflowing sewage prompt thousands of emergency closures

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Jack Dyson
RAAC

Fears over DfE RAAC list after wrong leaders ‘threatened’

Calls for audit after leaders wrongly told they had failed to complete surveys, while others unable to edit questionnaires...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
RAAC

RAAC: Labour demands ‘urgent audit’ as thousands of schools unchecked

Call for action as potentially 8,000 sites yet to be checked for RAAC, while affected schools hire marquees and...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

DfE moves ahead with e-register plan amid attendance crackdown

Electronic register mandate gives education secretary direct access to live absence rates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson