![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/gillian-keegans-worst-gaffes-after-schools-chief-says-shes-doing-a-fing-good-job/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Government-Ministers-Attend-First-Weekly-Cabinet-Meeting-Since-Summer-Recess.jpg&description=Ranting about how she's done a 'f***ing good job' on crumbling schools has landed scandal-hit Education Secretary Gillian Keegan in hot water - and not for the first time Gaffe-prone Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is battling to save her job over the Government's disastrous handling of the dodgy concrete crisis in schools. Thousands of children faced disruption as they returned to class this term after the Government issued an eleventh hour order to more than 100 schools to close or partially shut buildings over safety fears. Ms Keegan was on holiday in Spain from August 25-31, though she insisted she worked remotely. As the crisis deepened, her frustrations became clear when she delivered a foul mouthed rant about her leadership over crumbling schools. She was caught moaning that she had done a "f***ing good job" while others 'have been sat on their a***s' in a hot mic gaffe. Ms Keegan was then forced to clarify her remarks in a wince-inducing clip as pressure continued to pile on the Government over the failure to remove ageing lightweight concrete from school buildings. It's not the first time the outspoken education chief has landed herself in hot water since taking over at the Department for Education last year. Here are just some of her gaffes. Thousands of students will be stuck in temporary classrooms after another 27 schools and colleges were identified as having reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) - taking the total to 174 sites. Ms Keegan made a bizarre defence of the Government's botched response, where she claimed children actually prefer learning in temporary buildings. She told MPs: "I have been to a number of these schools and seen children and met children in the Portakabins, and in fact at the first school I went to the children were all petitioning me to stay in the Portakabin because they actually preferred it to the classroom." As Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson shouted from the Labour frontbench, Ms Keegan insisted:){kind=link}
Ranting about how she’s done a ‘f***ing good job’ on crumbling schools has landed scandal-hit Education Secretary Gillian Keegan in hot water – and not for the first time
Gaffe-prone Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is battling to save her job over the Government’s disastrous handling of the dodgy concrete crisis in schools.
Thousands of children faced disruption as they returned to class this term after the Government issued an eleventh hour order to more than 100 schools to close or partially shut buildings over safety fears. Ms Keegan was on holiday in Spain from August 25-31, though she insisted she worked remotely. As the crisis deepened, her frustrations became clear when she delivered a foul mouthed rant about her leadership over crumbling schools.
She was caught moaning that she had done a “f***ing good job” while others “have been sat on their a***s” in a hot mic gaffe. Ms Keegan was then forced to clarify her remarks in a wince-inducing clip as pressure continued to pile on the Government over the failure to remove ageing lightweight concrete from school buildings.
It’s not the first time the outspoken education chief has landed herself in hot water since taking over at the Department for Education last year. Here are just some of her gaffes.