Nearly one in five school buildings in England require urgent repairs, a Guardian investigation has found, leading to warnings that they are “crumbling around teachers and pupils”. The data, which was obtained though freedom of information requests, were gathered through the Department for Education’s school condition data collection (CDC) programme, launched in early 2017. As part of the scheme, surveyors visited every government-maintained school in England to collect data about the physical condition of school buildings and how they are managed. Labour has pledged to spend £7bn on repairs and upgrades to school buildings in England. Responding to the findings, the schools minister Nick Gibb said: “The Conservative government provides money annually to improve the condition of school buildings.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2019 16:18 UTC