Overall, 214 education settings in England have been confirmed as having Raac as of October 16.
The number of education settings in England where collapse-risk concrete has been found has risen, the Department for Education has said
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said there are no education settings with confirmed Raac where all pupils are in full-time remote learning Essex is the worst hit local authority with 63 schools confirmed with Raac, according to the National Education Union . Last year, the DfE issued a questionnaire to responsible bodies for all schools in England to ask them to identify whether they suspected they had Raac.
“I want to reassure pupils, parents and staff that this Government is doing whatever it takes to support our schools and colleges in responding to Raac and minimise disruption to education,” Ms Keegan said. “It should not have to fall to the NEU to chase the DfE for information they pledged to regularly provide.”
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