A log of schools confirmed closed/open

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Doesn't look like an official list will ne provided any time soon. Figured we could list schools we've had confirmation of closed / open ourselves.

I've a primary and secondary that could be affected, no word yet. Once I get the confirmation either way I'll name them and say Open or Closed.

It is absolutely shocking that this is being released so late and so close to a new term. Unbelievable actually.

How are parents and children coping with a sudden change to plans? My children would be hugely disappointed / upset if they discovered they were going online next week.

Absolutely awful. 😔

It is absolutely shocking that this is being released so late and so close to a new term. Unbelievable actually.

But it has happened before! National school closures one day after going back to school Jan 2021. This is exactly what anyone who has dealt with the DfE would expect.

The DfE, incidentally, tweeted last night, 8pm on a Sunday before term starts, asking headteachers to urgently fill out the 'has your school got RAAC?' survey. Because they don't know how many schools, or which schools do.

Nothing to see here, look away, move on?

If schools and hospitals are so dangerous that they cannot be used for fear of risk of collapse, how is that not of interest nd critical importance?

Radio 4 Today

Former Education Permanent Secretary, Jonathan Slater told ministers they should rebuild up to 400 schools each year.

Government said it would only pay for 100.

Officials tried to get it up to 200.

Then Rishi Sunak arrived as Chancellor and cut it to 50.

Link to the interview

https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1698595798445932834?s=20

bloody hell.

No, this is an absolutely massive story that will go on for months. But it would be pointless for the government to publish the list of all schools possibly affected until each school has had a chance to determine the operational impact. In the meantime there’s little point potentially worrying specific groups of parents for nothing.

I used to manage school properties. They have known about this since the roof failure in the school mentioned by Noble. The schools I looked after were surveyed in 2021, but I'd had to wait 18 months and had to make a nuisance of myself by chasing. I didn't hear anything after the survey to confirm it was present or otherwise.

A PP mentioned asbestos. Lots of schools have it but they should also have an asbestos log that identifies its location. If it's accessible it should have been encapsulated. No work should take place without checking the log. Notice I said should. Quite often this is left to inexperienced staff. It's very unusual to have well qualified H&S/building services staff, especially in primary, due to the terrible pay.

Fair enough @oldwhyno I misunderstood your post. Sorry.

It will get worse over the winter months as well.

This is a career ender for Sunak & Conservatives.

He made the choice to underfund further, after the Conservatives allowed the capital stock to deteriorate (on purpose).

Sunak said 95% of state schools are safe, so that leaves around 1,100 that are not.

It will be a long list.

@DuncinToffee how does he know that when most schools haven't even returned their questionnaires.

Whenever you hear 95% or 5% when it comes to these things, it is because they are basing their numbers from a sample.

So the reality is they don't actually know which SPECIFIC schools are affected.

All they know, is that based on large enough sample of schools, they are 95% confident that about 5% are affected.

So they still have to check on the ground which will take time and money.

I agree with you both.

It's his flippant ignorance of saying 'don't worry, most of your children will be safe'

Remember Jonathan Slater was the guy at the DfE forced to resign so that (soon to be Sir) Gavin Williamson didn't have to over the exam algorithm fiasco that lost all those kids their university places. I don't think he owes the government any loyalty!

This is a career ender for Sunak & Conservatives.

Let's fucking hope so!

Seems to be the general attitude of the Conservatives to this whole thing, except for Keegan - her attitude is that she deserves a pat on the back for having to work extra hard.

I hope it is a career-ender for them all but, let's face it, these snakes could fall in shit and come up smelling of roses.

Their fingerprints are all over it.

You can track it all since 2010 which is why their rather pathetic "lets blame someone else" is simply not going to work. It is having the opposite effect

www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jul/08/schools-building-michael-gove-public-anger

@HoliHormonalTigerLillyTheSecond I said that to my friend today

Her y9 niece is back to online learning 3 days a week
Her y7 niece is back to online 1 day a week
It's a disgrace. The second cohort of kids education they have fucker up. It's inexcusable

@HoliHormonalTigerLillyTheSecond lol I noticed after I typed it. I couldn't work out the edit function. I always get them confused.....probs need to go back to school......