 - which is weaker than normal concrete and can collapse without warning. It means dozens of classrooms and entire buildings across the country will now have to close for urgent inspections and repairs. But officials have refused to provide a list of all the schools affected by the disruption, leaving many - including Labour's Shadow Education secretary - to call on Number 10 to "come clean with parents" and set out the full scale of the problem. Many worried parents and members of local communities have also taken to social media to vent their frustration. One wrote: "What a disgrace! no list of the schools involved, the timing, so close to schools re-opening for their Autumn term, and, the lack of care that this shows the Government has for the UK's children! Education Secretary, you need to get your act together to deal with this MAJOR problem fast, especially after the effects of the Covid lockdown!". Another simply wrote: "Where is the list?". On one local Facebook group in Essex, a worried mum confessed she was considering pulling her children out of their local secondary - which is understood to be erecting temporary classrooms and taking GCSE pupils to other nearby schools - as they were "worried it's going to disrupt their education". But other parents said they had been left feeling "much more confident in the whole process" following a school meeting, with one suggesting it was clear that teachers there "care so much about the kids". Kingsdown School, a special school in Southend-on-Sea,){kind=link}
Worried parents have told the Government to ‘get your act together’ after they refused to provide a list of all the schools forced to close over dangerous RAAC concrete
Parents have spoken of their fury at a ‘lack of information’ after their children’s schools were forced to close or implement emergency plans over unsafe concrete.
The Department for Education revealed yesterday that 104 sites have been found to contain outdated Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) – which is weaker than normal concrete and can collapse without warning. It means dozens of classrooms and entire buildings across the country will now have to close for urgent inspections and repairs.
But officials have refused to provide a list of all the schools affected by the disruption, leaving many – including Labour’s Shadow Education secretary – to call on Number 10 to “come clean with parents” and set out the full scale of the problem.
Many worried parents and members of local communities have also taken to social media to vent their frustration. One wrote: “What a disgrace! no list of the schools involved, the timing, so close to schools re-opening for their Autumn term, and, the lack of care that this shows the Government has for the UK’s children! Education Secretary, you need to get your act together to deal with this MAJOR problem fast, especially after the effects of the Covid lockdown!”. Another simply wrote: “Where is the list?”.