“England’s crumbling schools are a ‘risk to life’” screams the headline on a Saturday morning. Articles, tweets and weekend opinion pieces swiftly follow which describe the deteriorating condition of the school estate.
Herein lies the differential: the priority School Rebuilding Programme will create distraction and diversion from the ongoing issue that faces many schools not eligible or cost effective to rebuild. The school’s maintenance agenda is not glamorous, it is rarely newsworthy and seemingly it is not urgent.
