Demolition Britain – where newbuild schools are too dangerous for pupils

Pupils at Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Harlow , Essex, have missed out on best part of a month of in-person teaching.

They have been living their own private lockdown thanks to a 3bn scandal at the heart of government.

The main building and sports hall had been closed, with immediate effect, on instruction from the Department for Education .

Cracks had appeared in the walls, and the gym had flooded.

Inspections over Easter by the department found such poor workmanship.

Newquay Primary Academy (begun in 2021 and meant to open that year ) had to be torn down and started again, as did Launceston Primary School (also 2021 ) Sky Academy , a new school planned to open this year at the Eden Project , was described in the trade press as “flattened before it was finished” Buckton Fields Primary School in Northampton (completed 2021 ) and Haygrove School in Somerset have been forced to close their buildings while awaiting demolition decisions.