Unions call for urgent action on England’s ‘dangerous’ school buildings

The Department for Education has acknowledged that ‘there is a risk of collapse of one or more blocks in some schools’. Photograph: Jim Wileman

Seven unions have written to the government demanding immediate action to address the “shocking” state of school buildings in England, some of which are in danger of collapse.

It follows a call from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for full disclosure over exactly which school buildings are most at risk, and for urgent intervention to shore up those buildings most likely to structurally fail.