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This week on theÌýTesÌýNews podcast, the team discuss the scale of the school buildings crisis as the Department for Education and schools wait to hear whether the Treasury will heed pleas for more funding when it makes its annual Autumn StatementÌýon government spending priorities later this month.

The state of the collapse-prone classrooms, some of which are also riddled with asbestos and at risk of flooding, has stayed close to headlines since late August whenÌýnews of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) crisis broke.

Now, leaders and experts claim thatÌýup to £15 billion is needed to fix school buildings once RAAC and inflation are taken into account.

´³´Ç¾±²ÔÌý°Õ±ð²õÌýnews reporters Matilda Martin and Jasmine Norden - plusÌýspecial guest, academy funding consultant Tim Warneford - as they dive into the detail of the scale of the school buildings crisis facing the sector.

More on the school building crisis

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RAAC: Over 8,000 more schools could be at risk

‘No end in sight’ to RAAC saga, warns union leader

Walker: RAAC cash mustn’t come ‘at expense of SEND’

RAAC: Ministers promise to discuss exam disruption fears
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