Pupils at over 100 schools in England may be told to stay at home over building safety fears

The Department for Education will issue urgent warnings to schools with dangerous concrete later today

that they were briefed on the issue by ministers on Wednesday night, just days before children are set to return to the classroom following the summer holidays.that there “should be calls on ministers to disclose what they knew and when” and questioned “why did they leave it so late to take action?”.

“There will be thousands of kids unable to resume their education [as normal] on Monday morning – we don’t know how long they will be out of school.”understands that the move comes after the DfE received last-minute advice to toughen its risk approach toRAAC is a lightweight concrete which was commonly used in construction between the 1950s and mid-1990s, but is now decaying and has been deemed unsafe.

It means schools with low levels of the concrete could move pupils to unaffected buildings or portacabins, while those with high levels may be forced to shut altogether. “The Education Secretary needs to tell parents how many schools are affected, whether their children are safe at school, and just what on earth is going on.”

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