Timetable needed for fixing RAAC crisis

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union is calling on the Government to urgently publish a timetable for both the surveying of schools potentially containing RAAC, and for remedial work in any school found to contain the crumbling concrete.

The Union is further asking the Government to commit to a public enquiry into how this crisis was allowed to happen so that lessons can be learned for the future.

The NASUWT has condemned the Government’s handling of the RAAC crisis at TUC Congress in Liverpool today.

Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary, said:

“The Government’s handling of the RAAC crisis to date has been characterised by delays, obfuscation and attempts to shift the responsibility for fixing these problems onto schools.