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The thorny issue of capital funding for schools has raised its head again as it is claimed that the coalition’s capital allocation for schools was nowhere sufficient to meet estimated repair costs in excess of £3.5 billion. The DfE have responded to the claims as nonsense and have pointed to a capital plan of some £16 billion to support school projects of which £6 billion is for maintenance issues. Whilst the plan may be in place, it appears from reports that the building projects are not progressing as expected due to a lack of private funding.
Whilst the issue is used as the current political football, the state of school buildings may have practical issues for schools in terms of health and safety obligations, increasing sums required for repairs, potential claims for accidents and, above all, an adverse impact of the education being provided for pupils if funding and resources are restricted due to poorly maintained buildings.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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