County council urged to survey up to 100 schools with 'maximum urgency'

Officials at Hertfordshire County Council are being urged to complete surveys on up to 100 school buildings in Hertfordshire with 'maximum…

In an updated statement that was issued on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for HCC said that there was no reason to believe any other of the council’s school buildings contain RAAC.

“Between 2020 and 2021, we carried out surveys on 279 local authority maintained schools that had buildings constructed between 1959 and 1989, the risk period initially identified by the DfE. “While we have no reason to believe that any other school buildings contain RAAC, as a precaution we will now also be carrying out surveys on schools with buildings built in the 1950s and early 90s, which are at lower risk.Officials from the Department for Education issued the latest guidance on Thursday , just days before the start of the autumn term.

In response to the timing of the government’s announcement, Liberal Democrat Cllr Watkin told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “I am absolutely appalled that so late in the day this news has broken – and disrupted the lives of schools, families and children.

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