Pupils taught in Coventry school corridor...

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Conditions are so bad at a Coventry primary school that youngsters are having lessons on a corridor floor.



Pupils at Richard Lee Primary School in Wyken are being taught in a cramped, narrow passageway after two classrooms were damaged by a flood in January.

The school was closed temporarily because of a burst boiler. That created severe damp problems in classrooms used by four and five-year-olds.

Three classes of 28 children now share the corridor along with an ordinary classroom.

But teachers expect to be in the corridor for weeks as the classrooms show no sign of drying out.

Children are forced to move whenever someone needs to walk through the thoroughfare and they cannot sit at tables because there is no space for furniture.

They also have to eat their packed lunches off the floor.

Severe damp is just one issue in a lengthy catalogue of problems with the post-war school building in The Drive.

Letters have been sent to parents explaining the desperate situation, outlining how the roof leaks and needs repairing, a boiler needs replacing, half of the school’s windows need double glazing, there are cracks in the walls and leaking ceilings and the electric wiring also need replacing.

Last year £40,000 was spent on repairs and there is only £9,000 in the budget for refurbishments this year.

School teachers and parents are now lobbying the government to rebuild the entire school.

Headteacher Nicola Harwood says urgent action should be taken for the sake of the children’s education and health.

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