Concrete crisis: Suffolk school closures 'incredibly challenging'

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School chiefs in Suffolk are working to provide temporary accommodation.

Sarah Skinner, chief executive of the Penrose Learning Trust, said it was "scrabbling to find temporary accommodation"

Three of eight schools managed by the Penrose Learning Trust in Suffolk were built using the material.Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is a lightweight material that was used mostly in flat roofing, but also in floors and walls between the 1950s and 1990s.to shut buildings using the concrete before term started.

"[The area] that is undetermined would be a further ten classrooms, a dining hall, a kitchen, reception and office space, so if those spaces aren't given the all-clear then I will have much bigger logistical problems at this school." Speaking to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Mr Smith said RAAC was identified during roofing work in May.The school was not initially contacted over RAAC safety fears, he said. Instead, he wrote to the Department for Education last Thursday - and on Friday received confirmation those spaces were unsafe.

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