Pupils and staff 'in danger' as schools crumble
Daily Express|February 16, 2023
CHILDREN and teachers are in danger from at-risk classroom structures following a chronic under-investment in schools, it is claimed.
Cyril Dixon
Pupils and staff 'in danger' as schools crumble

Education unions say some walls and ceilings are a "disaster waiting to happen".

Figures show that schools need £11.4billion of repairs after capital spending on education property fell by 50 per cent in the 13 years to 2022.

The unions said an education department report last year admitted walls and ceilings could fall in at schools built in the post-war period which are now approaching the end of their "designated life-expectancy". Two years

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