More than 100 schools are officially affected by the use of a potentially dangerous building material
The Department for Education said 104 schools have been recorded as containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete . The concern over the risk from the material means that schools will either have to close off parts of a building or the entire school while repair works are made.
It comes after a 'loss of confidence in buildings containing the material' already led to 56 schools being repaired. The government has been criticised for refusing to release a full list of the schools that will be affected by the RAAC closures in the run-up to the start of the new school term.Despite this, the DfE is telling parents that they will find out if their children's school is affected if they are contacted by the school itself.
We've compiled all the schools in the UK that will be affected by RAAC closures that are publicly known so far. The situation in Greater Manchester is still being ascertained.All the schools affected by RAAC closures The following schools have either had to fully or partially close due to RAAC:
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