The condition of school buildings

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 May 2023 Closed: 8 Mar 2024 Parliament page
In March 2022 the Public Accounts Committee reported on the risks to schools’ financial sustainability , including wide variations in the condition of individual schools and their funding. The school estate in England comprises some 22,000 schools, with the majority overseen by the responsible body in control of the school, … Read more
2 Recommendations
40 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
8 Mar
2024
Report published
26 Feb
2024
Correspondence
19 Nov
2023
Report published
19 Sep
2023
Correspondence
13 Jul
2023
Oral evidence
13 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
13 Jul 2023
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The condition of school buildings
Jane Balderstone · Department for Education Jane Cunliffe · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - The condition of school buildings HC 78 19 Nov 2023 42 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
36 Conclusion Deferred
Second Report - The condition of s…
Significant geographical disparities persist in school building conditions across England, impacting deprived areas.
We asked DfE about the geographical divide in the condition of schools which manifests itself in two main ways: schools in the north of England appear to generally be in worse condition than those in the south; and schools in … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's observation and explains that its capital funding programs are already targeted on need; it states that data from CDC2, available in 2024, will inform capital funding policy and potential changes to the allocation methodology for the 2025-26 financial year.
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Government Response AI assessment · 35 of 2 classified
Accepted 24
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 5
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 1
Total 2 recs + 40 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
26 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re The condition of school buildings, dated 16 February 2024
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19 Sep 2023 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re Condition of School Buildings, dated 7 September 2023
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