Risk level of school buildings collapsing in England raised to ‘very likely’

DfE annual report lays bare state of dilapidated education estate built during postwar shortages

Officials have raised the risk level of school buildings collapsing to very likely", after an increase in serious structural issues being reported - especially in blocks built in the years 1945 to 1970.

England's dilapidated school estate has been a cause of growing concern, but the dangers were laid bare in the Department for Education's (DfE) annual report, which highlights school building safety as one of six key risks.