School buildings

£13.8bn school building maintenance backlog revealed

Unions say the government must 'go further and faster' in making school buildings fit for purpose

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

RAAC yet to be removed from 90% of crisis-hit schools

Work finished in just 30 RAAC schools, sparking warnings 'thousands of children are studying in inadequate' buildings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Ensuring Learning Never Stops: Portakabin Supporting Schools Affected by RAAC

In recent months, the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in over 230 schools across England has presented...

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RAAC

Ministers snubbed school bids to repair RAAC buildings

Findings put the issue of inadequate capital investment under the spotlight once again

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

Quick-fix school buildings hazards that could be next RAAC scandal

Timber rooves held together with ‘glue and panel pins’ and materials that turn to ‘fragile Weetabix’ when wet are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
RAAC crisis

Living with RAAC: How one school is still coping with crisis

Nine months after the RAAC crisis hit, the issue no longer dominates the news agenda but its fallout still...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
RAAC

RAAC: 119 schools to be rebuilt, 110 will get removal grants

234 schools have now been identified as having confirmed RAAC

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

Classes of 120 and no hot food: RAAC impact revealed

Report reveals scale of crumbly concrete fallout, as Ofsted says crisis impacted behaviour at separate school

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
RAAC

DfE will repay schools £4k for RAAC surveys – but there’s a catch

Funding will only be available for surveys carried out over a two-month period last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson