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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

From field to classrooms in six weeks: Raac-hit Essex school’s new home

James Saunders:, the headteacher of Honywood school, outside a temporary classroom
James Saunders:, the headteacher of Honywood school: ‘We used this crisis as an opportunity to bring our community together.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

“Three and a half weeks ago, there was nothing here,” said James Saunders, the headteacher of Honywood school, looking with pride – and disbelief – at the scene unfolding in front of him. “It was a field!”

Before us is a brand new school, built in the space of six weeks – a temporary home for the 800 pupils at Honywood in Coggeshall, Essex, one of the schools most severely affected by the recent concrete crisis that threw the start of the new term across England into chaos.

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