Responding to the Climate Change Committee’s Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk, and the implications for schools, Natalie Highfield, senior policy officer at school leaders' union NAHT, said:

"The Department for Education’s climate strategy set out commitments to regular updates, but there has been too little visible progress on the ground, particularly in making the school estate climate resilient.

"Without urgent investment and clear limits on safe working conditions and temperatures, pupils and staff are being left to cope with avoidable risks."