Almost one-third of schools’ buildings include materials either at the end of their shelf life or that pose a “serious risk of imminent failure”, official figures reveal.
Data shows more than 7,100 schools were given the worst possible rating for at least one aspect of their buildings during the Department for Education’s last full condition data collection (CDC).
Surveyors rated the “construction type” of parts of buildings on an A-D scale, such as slate for a pitched roof.
