A minister has vowed to seek expert advice over school leaders’ “grave concerns” that visual inspections required by government may not be enough to find hidden RAAC.
Senior DfE officials and ministers face being hauled in front of MPs next week to explain their “shambolic” handling of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) crisis, which exploded last week.
The DfE said nearly 150 schools, with about 100,000 pupils, had confirmed RAAC as of last Wednesday, with dozens more emerging.
But the education secretary has remained defiant, despite intense criticism. Gillian Keegan went on the attack blaming “sensationalist” media coverage and telling schools to “get off their backsides” to complete RAAC questionnaires.
