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Roofing Students Given Unique Insight
Students from Fife College’s Roof, Slating and Tiling first-year apprenticeship course have been given a special tour of ongoing roofing renovation works at the Kirkcaldy Campus.
The development day, organised by the College’s estates team…

New Manchester All-Through School Building
Planning consent has been granted for the creation of a new ‘all-through school’ in Openshaw, Manchester.
Designed by Manchester based architects, Create It Studios, the brand new facility will provide a high-tech, modern building for children…

Training partnership set to unlock retrofit careers
Training partnership set to unlock retrofit career opportunities in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
A new retrofit training academy hub has been established in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire to meet the growing demand for retrofitters, grow…

The bubbling issue of RAAC in schools
Kella Bowers, an insurance partner at Forbes Solicitors looks at the issue of
reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) affecting school buildings nationwide
RAAC issues and school closures
In late August, as the summer holidays were…

£6m project completed for Stonehenge School
The construction of a £6 million new block has been completed at Stonehenge School.
The building contains a school hall, changing rooms, drama studio, fitness studio, music classrooms and practice rooms.
The project was funded by Wiltshire…

Closed until Further Notice - School Evacuated
A South Derbyshire secondary school has been evacuated and closed over safety concerns related to the building. Mercia Academy, formerly William Allitt, in Sunnyside, Newhall, was evacuated and closed on Friday, November 17, due to…

Carbon retrofit in the education sector: is the greenest building the one that already exists?
By Kingsley Clarke, SCF Framework Operations Lead
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme has now launched, which will support the aim of reducing emissions from public sector buildings…

SCHOOL BUILDINGS: URGENT WARNING
Unacceptable and alarming: Deteriorating school buildings prompt urgent warnings
PAC report slams DfE for lack of basic information on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
Calls for package of support for…

Oxfordshire children explore natural world with donation from Beard
School children from some of the most deprived and marginalised areas of Oxfordshire have become the latest cohort of learners to take part in an environmental education experience, thanks to funding from award-winning construction company…

STRIKING EDUCATIONAL SUPERBLOCK
VANDERSANDEN BRICKS HELP CREATE A STRIKING EDUCATIONAL SUPERBLOCK
Setting an aesthetic benchmark at the heart of the regeneration of London’s Royal Docks, Oasis Academy Silvertown is a new Department for Education school created…

The £1million pound Blunder
Anger as DfE error slashes school funding by £1m
Politicians and councillors say a Government blunder that resulted in funding budgets for York schools being slashed by over £1 million is “unacceptable”.
As The Press reported,…

SPECIALIST HUBS FOR IN-DEMAND SKILLS
West Yorkshire Colleges, including Leeds College of Building, have been successful in securing £6.9 million from the Department for Education to digitise teaching and learning in key sectors.
The funding is part of the Local Skills Improvement…
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