Asbestos in school buildings
New JUAC analysis of asbestos in schools published to mark Action Mesothelioma Day
Asbestos Management Assurance Process
The NEU welcomes the fact that finally, well over a year behind schedule, the DfE has published the finding of its Asbestos Management Assurance Process.
Advice
Capital Funding
Investment in school building needs to be a priority for the 2020s
Parental request for asbestos information
A model letter which can be sent by parents to the head teacher of their child’s school to request information about asbestos in the school
Asbestos Management Assurance Process (England 2019) - A User's Guide
This is a guide to using the data which has been made available via the DfE Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP). It aims to assist local officers in extracting information about asbestos in schools in their area, and in seeking to fill in some of the gaps.
Facts about asbestos in schools
At least 86 per cent of schools contain asbestos, all of it old and much of it deteriorating. Unless your school was wholly built after 1999, it is extremely likely that it contains asbestos.
Asbestos in schools
Advice on dealing with asbestos problems in schools, including the law on asbestos removal and management in schools.
Press release
NEU state of school and college buildings survey
This survey highlights the challenges facing schools and colleges in ensuring their buildings are well maintained and provide a safe and decent environment for teaching and learning.
Joint Union Asbestos Committee: Asbestos crisis in our schools
The recent articles in the Guardian newspaper- “700 English schools reported over asbestos safety concerns” (5th July) & “Britain’s death toll from asbestos at crisis level figures reveal” (8th July) only serve to validate the Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) approach to the terrible legacy of asbestos in schools.
Freedom of information requests to Multi Academy Trusts reveal shocking disparity in asbestos management
The continuing presence of asbestos in the majority of schools and academies is a national scandal - putting the lives of pupils and staff at risk.
Delays to the Government’s Asbestos Management Assurance Process
This week the DfE reopened its ‘Asbestos Management Assurance Process’, an exercise which asks school employers to declare whether they are compliant with their legal duty to manage asbestos in their schools.
PAC ‘seriously concerned’ about the Government’s approach to asbestos management in schools
The Joint Union Asbestos Committee which comprises the education and support staff unions (ASCL, GMB, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU, UCU, UNISON, Unite and Voice) and the Asbestos in Schools Group, Chaired by Emma Hardy MP are today responding to the asbestos recommendations in the Public Accounts Committee report into Academy accounts and performance.