![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/two-county-durham-schools-and-one-in-south-tyneside-shut-over-risky-concrete/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/130963908_de27-15.jpg&description=Image caption, About a third of the buildings at Ferryhill School will be usable At least two schools in County Durham and one in South Tyneside have been told they can not open as they contain crumbling concrete. Ferryhill School and St Leonard's Catholic School, in Durham, and a South Tyneside school has also been affected. Safety measures have been put in place at 52 schools in England , which were deemed at risk of sudden collapse. Some students will have to be taught online and new starters have had their start dates pushed back. Kate Osborne, MP for Jarrow, said she had had correspondence one school in her South Tyneside constituency would be closed. "They are talking about transferring the children potentially to other schools in the area, bringing in Portacabins and at the moment, as far as I'm aware, the staff and the pupils aren't even aware," she said. A total of 156 schools in England have been confirmed as having RAAC so far, with 52 deemed a critical risk where safety measures have already been put in place. Image caption, Mel Robson said remote learning would not work for her son Ferryhill School, which has about 800 pupils, will be using some online learning until 18 September. Mel Robson, who runs a travel agency and has two school-aged children in the town, said she was concerned about their start to the new term. "Myself and my husband both work full-time," she said. "We've got one child who's just started their secondary school journey who's going to be in an isolated year group, not having the full experience. "My son's starting his GCSEs this year. We don't know how it's going to work logistically. Remote learning didn't work for him during Covid. "He's going to have to be home until they find temporary buildings. "Nobody's going to be there to monitor him. He's a teenage kid with an Xbox at home." Conservative Paul Howell, MP for Sedgefield, which includes Ferryhill, said "my understanding is that the government is doing what it can do". "Each){kind=link}
At least four schools across the North East have been told they cannot open as they contain crumbling concrete.
Ferryhill School and St Leonard’s Catholic School, in Durham, have been shut and a South Tyneside school has also been affected.
In Darlington, St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School will close and Carmel College, while affected, will open.
Safety measures have been put in place at 52 schools in England, which were deemed at risk of sudden collapse.
Head teachers are now scrambling to make alternative plans days before the new term.