A week before start of term, DfE says buildings should be taken out of use regardless of assessed risk
More than 100 schools are facing the immediate closure of buildings constructed from potentially dangerous aerated concrete panels, plunging the beginning of term into chaos for thousands of pupils. materials but only 52 have put mitigations in place against risks including collapse, it admitted on Thursday. Engineers have warned the material is at risk of cracking and spalling and of “shear failure”.
The department is understood to be planning to make a statement imminently and education unions said they had been told a formal announcement was due on Thursday afternoon.that officials were making hurried calls urging school leaders to draw up contingency plans for buildings at risk of collapse because of crumbling concrete. Now schools are being told to take buildings out of use straight away, in what appears to be a response to advice to proceed with greater caution.
The shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said it was a “staggering display of Tory incompetence”.
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