Singlewell Primary News Today

Did Gillian Keegan need to apologise? The Education Secretary thought her ITV interview had ended and she could speak frankly. She insisted the schools’ concrete crisis was down to ‘everyone else’ who had ‘sat on their arse’. On current trajectories, the average state school in England will get an upgrade every 400 years It was

The Welsh government has been urged to check its school buildings for the potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete after concerns that the pace of work has been too slow.

Years of inaction over dilapidated sites finally takes its toll, as structures cave in 'without warning'

Staff have been forced to find alternative classroom arrangements. Teachers at Willowbrook Mead Primary were pictured hauling chairs and bookcases out of the building as workmen inspected the roof.

Around 38 percent of schools have passed their design shelf-life and some, built over a 30-year period on the cheap using RAAC concrete, could collapse at any time.

The Office of Government Property issued a “Safety Briefing Notice” in September warning of the potential dangers of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in buildings which is “life-expired and liable to collapse”.