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GAD marks a decade since we helped set up an alternative to commercial insurance for schools. The Risk Protection Arrangement now covers over 10,000 schools.

• Updated: 29 January 2024

An updated list of education settings with confirmed Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

• Updated: 19 September 2023

As of today, fewer than 1% of all education settings have confirmed cases of RAAC.

• Updated: 6 September 2023

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan delivers oral statement to MPs on new guidance on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in education settings.

• Updated: 4 September 2023

New guidance for education settings advises that any space or area with confirmed RAAC should no longer be open without mitigations in place.

• Updated: 31 August 2023

5,435 defibrillators have been delivered to 3,066 secondary schools in England.

• Updated: 30 June 2023

Department for Education offering loans to housing developers to boost new house and school building momentum

• Updated: 10 October 2019

Talented young people in the North West are set to benefit from world-leading maths education with a brand new specialist school backed by a top university.

• Updated: 4 July 2018

Schools to benefit from an extra £50million to improve facilities and create more good school places for children with special educational needs. The Government also announced a further £680million to create 40,000 new good …

• Updated: 29 May 2018

Over £500 million will improve and expand school buildings across the country and create more good school places.

• Updated: 29 March 2018

Justine Greening celebrates the official opening of new buildings at her old high school in Rotherham.

• Updated: 26 October 2017

33,000 new school places created as number of free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges opened since 2011 passes 500.

• Updated: 18 September 2017

Education Secretary Justine Greening calls for closer working between independent and state schools to create more good school places.

• Updated: 13 September 2017

Nineteen local authorities open applications to sponsor new special free schools

• Updated: 27 July 2017

Schools, further education colleges and universities have been asked to carry out building checks following the Grenfell fire.

• Updated: 13 July 2017

New public property company set up to purchase and develop sites to help create 500 new free schools.

• Updated: 28 March 2017

The Prime Minister unveils measures to increase the number of good school places and ensure all children have the best start in life.

• Updated: 9 September 2016

St Christopher’s CE High School in Lancashire plans significant savings on its energy bills after investing £15,000 in new LED lighting.

• Updated: 6 July 2016

The Secretary of State for Education and Schools Minister David Laws announce capital funding to support the creation of new school places.

• Updated: 12 February 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

277 more schools will benefit under flagship priority school building programme.

• Updated: 9 February 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government