Gove's school buildings cuts fall on Somerset

A disused shipping container doubles up as a classroom at East Bridgwater Community School, Bridgwater, Somerset, which has just found out it has lost funding for a new building Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk The school buildings at East Bridgwater are in a poor state of repair. 'Our buildings are just falling apart,' says headteacher Peter Elliott Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Another view of makeshift classrooms at East Bridgwater Community School, Bridgwater. Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Headteacher Peter Elliott pictured in the shower blocks Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Pupils getting changed in the dilapidated changing rooms at East Bridgwater Community School Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk East Bridgwater Community School, Bridgwater, Somerset. The head says there are points in the front facade that are so rotten you can put your finger through the wood. Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Headteacher Liz Hayward with pupils at Penrose special school, in Bridgwater, Somerset, which was due to get a purpose-built site under the Building Schools for the Future programme. Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Pupils struggle to use the facilities at Penrose, which was originally built as a primary school but now caters for students up to the age of 19 Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Access between parts of Penrose school is via a steep slope, making it difficult for the 40% of the students who use wheelchairs to get around Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk The tiny library at Penrose school only has room to fit three students in their chairs at a time Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk Pupils having lunch in a classroom at Penrose Photograph: Jim Wileman Photograph: guardian.co.uk