Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance The upheaval in education due to the pandemic in the past year has only highlighted how damaging the closure of schools has been and the legacy of lost learning. Further unnecessary interruption to education should be avoided, not least when it comes to fire. With hundreds of […]
Headteacher Monica Middlehurst after the fire at RL Hughes Primary School in Ashton According to analysis of Home Office data by insurer Zurich Municipal, fire crews have been called to tackle 174 school blazes in the Wigan region, of which 31 were large fires causing significant damage. Among them was Westleigh Methodist Primary School, […]
After many years of discussion around how to reorganize Manchester School District in such a way that it would address aging and inefficient buildings and decreasing enrollment, while improving educational opportunities for students, District Superintendent Dr. John Goldhardt last week released a comprehensive plan with detailed recommendations for sweeping changes across all levels of learning. […]
Sydenham school must demolish buildings after breaching planning permission A school in Sydenham is expected to be “significantly demolished” and rebuilt to be make it compliant with planning permission after the outcome of an inquiry. Lewisham Council was involved in the planning inquiry after contractors for the Archdiocese of Southwark failed to comply with planning consent when […]
Thousands of square metres of Altro Walkway 20 safety flooring have been used to create flowing, natural spaces at a flagship new building at Aarhus University in Denmark. The Skou Building, named after Nobel Prize winner Jens-Christian Skou and home of the Institute of Biomedicine, was designed by CUBO Arkitekter as part of a […]
FUNDING of major school improvements will provide a boost to the Powys economy according to councillors. At a cabinet meeting of Powys County Council, councillors agreed that over £5 million will be used to improve the state of the county’s schools. Education portfolio holder, Cllr Phyl Davies (Blaen Hafren – Conservative) explained that some projects included […]
BWF Fire Door Alliance launches ‘Be Certain, Be Certified’ campaign The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Fire Door Alliance has launched an awareness campaign, Be Certain, Be Certified, to highlight the importance of third-party certification of fire doors in improving fire safety standards across the UK. The campaign addresses a “clear lack of understanding” over […]
Aberdeenshire Council is currently working on a full options appraisal to help decide the next steps for Gartly School. As part of this, engagement with the community is ongoing and the results of a survey which closed earlier this month have been shared. Gartly School has been operating from an alternative location since an oil […]
A South Derbyshire secondary school could be getting a multi-million pound extension to cope with the rising pupil numbers due to new homes being built in the area. Bosses at John Port Spencer Academy, in Main Street, Etwall, have lodged plans which could see a two-storey extension to the science building, a two-storey extension to […]
The management of the UK’s education estate facilities has never been more important. Responding to this, partitioning expert Style has recently undertaken planned maintenance work, as part of a 3-year service agreement, in a cluster of Scottish schools, quickly rectifying small areas of wear and tear that could otherwise have led to larger repair costs […]