More than 100 schools in England will have to fully or partially close buildings over safety fears as pupils return for the autumn term.
Space in nearby schools, community centres or in an “empty local office building” was recommended for the “first few weeks” while buildings are secured with structural supports.
RAAC is a lightweight building material used from the 1950s up to the mid-1990s, but now assessed to be at risk of collapse. “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.”If RAAC is confirmed, the DfE has promised that “appropriate rapid action is taken” which could include funding to remove any immediate risks and, where necessary, arranging temporary buildings to be put in place.
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 . “What we are seeing here are the very real consequences of a decade of swingeing cuts to spending on school buildings,” he said. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said the plan the Government had set out would ‘minimise the impact on pupil learning’
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