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BBCPupils are nonetheless consuming their dinners in a marquee greater than a 12 months after their college was deemed unsafe due to weak concrete, with mother and father saying they really feel “let down”.
Points with the concrete in ceilings at Hazlewood Major College in Wideopen, North Tyneside, had been recognized in February 2024.
Non permanent lecture rooms have been used for classes since September, however the kitchen and eating corridor stay unoccupied with meals cooked offsite and transported to the marquee.
North Tyneside Council stated work had begun to carry the corridor again into use after the Easter break and it had spent greater than £2m thus far. The Division for Training (DfE) stated it was “working intently” with the authority.
The council stated the present work to safe the ceilings inside the college was not a everlasting repair.
It stated a corridor subsequent door to the college had additionally been used for eating between November and mid-December.
Jo Lowry, who has two kids at Hazlewood, stated: “We really feel like we have needed to struggle for every thing.
“We’re a 12 months down the road, and the youngsters are nonetheless consuming in a marquee.
“It is actually not ok and we really feel extraordinarily let down by the council.”
Rob Mathieson, chair of the college’s PTA, stated: “The Division for Training do not feel like this can be a downside they’ve to repair.
“[They] do not wish to go to the college, do not wish to contact us about it.”
“The council want to return along with the Division for Training to provide you with a grand plan of what they are going to do with the college.”
North Tyneside Council stated it had additionally spent funds on two different faculties in North Tyneside going through concrete-related points over the previous 12 months.
Jon Ritchie, the authority’s director of sources, stated of the work at Hazlewood: “Whereas this can be a short-term resolution, we proceed to foyer the Division for Training for a long term decision for the college constructing.”
A DfE spokesperson stated: “We’re working intently with North Tyneside Council because the accountable physique to find out subsequent steps.”
