Which school buildings are most likely to contain asbestos?
System-built schools of the 1950s–80s (CLASP, SCOLA and similar) top the list — AIB in ceilings, columns and partitions — but almost any school built before 2000 has some: floor tiles, textured coatings, boiler house lagging, cement roofs.
Who is responsible for asbestos in a school?
The employer — the local authority for community schools, the trust for academies, governors for voluntary-aided — holds the duty to manage: survey, register, management plan and staff awareness. The DfE’s assurance process asks schools to evidence exactly this.
When should asbestos removal in schools happen?
Holidays first: summer for big packages, half-terms for small ones. Term-time work is possible in fully sealed, segregated areas out of hours — but if a job can’t be done to that standard around children, it waits for the holidays.
