Ofsted will “avoid” inspecting education settings that are disrupted by RAAC this term, but only if the provider is on the government’s list of settings with confirmed cases of the crumbly concrete.
The inspectorate last week said it would consider requests from affected schools and colleges under its deferral policy “as an exceptional circumstance”.
But Ofsted has now changed its approach in a statement issued today.
So far 146 schools and one college have been named by the Department for Education as having confirmed RAAC, but this number is expected to increase when the list is updated next week.
