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
School buildings

Competition watchdog opens ‘suspected bid-rigging’ probe into school repair contracts

CMA says it has 'reason to suspect' companies 'illegally colluded to rig bids to secure contracts'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

LocatED: £40k bonus for DfE’s property company boss

Latest accounts show £210k-a-year CEO received the bonus in performance-related pay in 2023-24

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

Capital cost-cutters save £8m – but what next?

The future of the capital advisers’ programme looks in doubt

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

DfE defunds school maintenance projects over ‘irregularities’

Department won't say how many or which schools are affected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Repeated review of new special school buildings irks councils

DfE official says new government is 'working through urgent decisions and taking time to understand those'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

‘High bar’ for new estates improvement notices, says official

Senior civil servant issues clarification amid fears over new grounds for a notice to improve

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC school faces £2m hit after pupils go elsewhere

Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is not the only MAT complaining of drops in numbers at RAAC-affected schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

Unspent buildings cash worth £36k to each school, claim unions

'Only sensible option' is to give unspent cash to schools, say leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker