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15 April 2026

Tag: school rebuilding

School rebuilding programme: Second set of 50 schools named

The government has named 50 schools chosen in the second round of its school rebuilding programme. Ministers pledged last year to rebuild 500 schools over the next decade, and in February announced the names of the first 50 schools which will share £1 billion in capital funding. Now the second set of 50 schools have […]

DfE advisers DIDN’T back keeping school building reports secret

The government’s excuse for keeping key school condition reports secret has been called into question after members of its own advisory group said they were not involved in the decision. The Department for Education has repeatedly refused to publish condition data collection reports for 50 schools in the first phase of the new school rebuilding […]

Repairing England’s schools will cost £11.4 billion, DfE admits

Repairing or replacing all defects in England’s schools will cost £11.4 billion, the Department for Education has admitted. It is almost double a previous estimate for bringing the state up to satisfactory condition. The government has finally published key findings from its condition data collection, which ran between 2017 and 2019 in 22,031 schools. It […]

DfE to finally publish ‘summary’ of school condition data

The government will finally publish a summary report on the condition of England’s schools, a senior civil servant has confirmed, following repeated calls to make reports from a recent survey public. Officials have also said they hope to inform schools due to be rebuilt over the next 10 years where they sit in the queue, […]

DfE refuses to release reports on school buildings

The government has been accused of “knee-jerk secrecy” after refusing to release reports on the condition of school buildings in England – leaving heads in the dark over future funding. Schools Week requested copies of condition reports for 50 schools selected in the first year of the government’s ten-year rebuilding scheme. It comes after school […]

School rebuilding: DfE to announce 50 more projects this year

The Department for Education has said it will add 50 more projects to its school rebuilding programme this year. Ministers announced earlier this year the names of 50 schools that will split £1 billion in rebuilding cash. Today, the DfE said it hoped to announce 50 more in the summer. However, the government has not […]

Heads demand transparency over £1 billion school rebuilding programme

Leaders want transparency from ministers over how they select rebuilding projects after it emerged two schools getting a share of £1 billion in capital funding had major building works recently. The 50 schools being rebuilt in the first phase of a ten-year, 500-school rebuilding programme, were announced last week. We don’t know where we stand […]