'Ceiling collapse' school reopens

Two classrooms will remain closed

A school in Leicester where a large chunk of plaster fell onto a group of children is reopening on Thursday.

Emergency building work has been carried out at Caldecote Primary School in Braunstone to ensure the safety of the school.

A dozen children were hurt when part of the ceiling caved in during afternoon lessons last Wednesday.

Although parts of the building were used for lessons since the incident, safety advice led the school's governors to close all of it while a detailed survey on both the infant and junior school buildings was carried out.

A decision has now been made to re-open the school.

However, two rooms will remain closed until the ceilings are replaced.

Copies of the structural survey will be made available to parents to reassure then that the school is now safe.