Education

Scotland’s First Minister has told parents there’s “no need for alarm” after RAAC was confirmed in 35 schools there.

We’ve been to Honywood school in Essex which has had to close around half the school  after they found Raac in the ceilings.

We spoke to the schools minister Nick Gibb.

The failure to fix dangerous concrete in school classrooms was today laid at Rishi Sunak’ s door after he was accused of cutting spending on school repairs when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister insisted that was “completely and utterly wrong” – and claimed  the majority of schools were unaffected. But a…

More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. We asked shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson  what should happen now?

Cas Evans is the headteacher of Parks Primary School in Leicester. She had to close and relocate a large part of the school earlier in the year because the aerated concrete had been discovered there. Krishnan asked her what happened at her school.

More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. The government now faces a big problem, but were there earlier opportunities to get on top of it?

It’s just days before the new academic year begins – but more than 100 schools across England are scrambling to find temporary new classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. And, the Government has admitted more schools might be affected too, as engineers spend the weekend checking premises around the country. Unions are furious that…

The Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tonight defended her ‘cautious approach’, hours after causing consternation amongst teachers, parents and pupils in England a matter of days before the start of term. Labour and teaching unions rounded on the government, with the National Education Union describing the situation as “absolutely disgraceful”.

Ciaran Jenkins spoke to Kevin Bentley, who’s leader of the Conservative group at the Local Government Association. He asked him if the Government should have let local authorities know sooner.

We spoke to Amanda Naylor who is the CEO of Manchester Youth Zone, a charity that supports young people in the greater Manchester area.

The number of children absent from school has remained troublingly high since the pandemic. But for one group, the repercussions are particularly worrying.

During a strike there is inevitably much talk about pay, but we look at the data behind the ongoing dispute between the government and the teaching profession.

Teachers at schools and sixth form colleges across England were out on picket lines today, as members of the National Education Union staged another day of strike action in their long running dispute over pay. 

She’s the first woman – and the first Scot – to take charge of this summer’s Edinburgh International festival.