Feature: The RAAC school that moved into Georgian wedding venue 14-hour days, classroom tables in gazebos and scout huts: the inside story of dealing with crumbly concrete
Adjudicator backs council鈥檚 objections to trust鈥檚 year 7 intake cut Case is another example of the disconnect between councils and trusts in school admissions system
Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents聽 Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from ‘approved letting agent’ to ‘ensure parents had link to area’
鈥楧isastrous鈥� Birmingham 拢100m IT system hits school budgets Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority
DfE now says 鈥榬easonable鈥� RAAC revenue costs WILL be funded Government updates guidance after original funding snub ‘added insult to injury’
Faults (and leaks) force two school closures a day Collapsed ceilings, ‘flying debris’ from damaged roofs and overflowing sewage prompt thousands of emergency closures
Fears over DfE RAAC list after wrong leaders 鈥榯hreatened鈥� Calls for audit after leaders wrongly told they had failed to complete surveys, while others unable to edit questionnaires and schools with RAAC not told to close
RAAC: Labour demands ‘urgent audit’ as thousands of schools unchecked Call for action as potentially 8,000 sites yet to be checked for RAAC, while affected schools hire marquees and portable loos
DfE moves ahead with e-register plan amid attendance crackdown Electronic register mandate gives education secretary direct access to live absence rates