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In September 2022, schools in England were at risk of bankruptcy as their day-to-day spending threatened to overtake their regular income. A hasty autumn budget included additional revenue funds for schools, coming as a relief to many school leaders.

Willowbrook Mead primary will now shut for a day to move furniture back after scramble to create new spaces

At least 13 schools now affected by the Raac row would have been included in the axed Building Schools for the Future programme.

They claim Michael Gove ‘gleefully’ scrapped plans to rebuild schools – and say Sunak’s plan to fix problem would take 440 years

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

Modular buildings hire firm inundated with inquiries from schools needing temporary classrooms

Exclusive: analysis suggests bill could rise much further, with major rebuilding programme possible instead of temporary fixes

While crumbling concrete dominated headlines, the modern, modular construction methods used to make three new schools also failed

Labour is demanding to know how much the Prime Minister knew about the school buildings trouble when he was chancellor.