Schools

DfE to investigate contractor after three schools close new buildings

Pupils will start the new academic year in temporary classrooms and at different schools amid safety fears

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School buildings

Three schools built by failed contractor forced to close almost-new buildings

Sir Frederick Gibberd College, Haygrove School and Buckton Fields Primary School face disruption to the start of term

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School buildings

Academy trust hopes merger will ease repair worries

DfE approved just one in three bids for money from the latest round of the condition improvement fund

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

Buildings: How schools are shut out from repairs cash

Revelation comes after spending watchdog warns 700,000 learn in buildings needing major repairs

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

700k pupils in schools needing major repair work

Critical National Audit Office report reveals £2bn-a-year capital funding shortfall

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

School building condition data will be published this term, says Gibb

Pledge comes almost four years after landmark survey of schools was completed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Fewer schools get repairs cash as building costs soar

25 per cent fewer school repair works get government funding this year

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

The collapsing schools that forced DfE action

'Serious structural issues' reported at five schools in one year triggered a recent government warning

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Risk of school buildings collapsing now ‘very likely’, DfE says

Government escalates dealing with school classroom safety to cross-government board after a rise in reported 'serious structural issues'

Tom Belger
Tom Belger