The Government has refused to name the schools included but said more will be surveyed in the weeks ahead
Ministers have been urged to “come clean” about the scale of the problems facing England’s school buildings as thousands of pupils faced a disrupted start to term. More than 100 schools and colleges were told to partially or fully close buildings as children prepared to return to classes after the summer holidays because of fears over concrete which could suddenly collapse.
Official guidance was issued to schools, school nurseries and colleges – which have been told they will have to fund their own emergency accommodation. The DfE said it contacted the 104 more schools in the wake of analysis of new cases after 52 of the 156 educational settings containing the concrete took protective steps so far this year.
Calling for all affected schools to be named, Ms Phillipson told BBC’s Newsnight: “I expect ministers next week in the House of Commons to publish that data and tell parents and tell the public exactly where the problems are.” “To add insult to injury the Government states in its guidance that it will not be covering the costs of emergency temporary accommodation or additional transport.”
The state of England’s schools buildings – as well as problems with RAAC – were highlighted in a report in June by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office .
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