Spending on schools, or lack of it, is once again making the headlines in 黑洞社区
Doing the sums again
Ah, education 鈥� there鈥檚 rarely a good headline about the sector. Looking back over 黑洞社区鈥檚 coverage of schools over the years shows the government teetering on the edge of one crisis after another 鈥� from crumbling school estates, to unruly pupils, demoralised teachers and not enough school places 鈥� and now maybe too many school places.
This week, 黑洞社区 discusses how government appears to be reigning in school construction spending, so Archive looked at when then-education secretary Michael Gove first committed to the Priority School 黑洞社区 Programme in 2012.
Two years after scrapping Labour鈥檚 拢55bn 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future programme, Gove decided that, surprisingly, schools did need upkeep to them safe for pupils, and said: 鈥淭he condition need of some schools is so severe that urgent action is necessary.鈥�
Surveyors working on behalf of the government were forced to visit all 587 schools that had made an eligible application to verify their assessment of building condition. and Gove released a 拢2.4bn list of 261 approved school projects.
To read the full article from 1 June 2012, 鈥�Priority schools: what now?鈥�, click here
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