The government will fund the cost of temporary buildings on sites of schools forced to close due to RAAC, schools minister Nick Gibb has said.
But councils and academy trusts will have to foot the bill for any revenue costs for hiring temporary accommodation that isn’t on a school site, as well as transporting pupils elsewhere.
Guidance issued by the Department for Education (DfE) yesterday said officials expected schools, Councils and trusts – to “fund anything that is an additional revenue cost”.
“For example rental costs for emergency or temporary accommodation for education settings or additional transport costs for local authorities”.
