Ministers have been urged to “get a grip” after a new type of crumbly concrete at fault for a school ceiling collapse has sparked disruption in the North East.
North Tyneside Council chiefs suspect a concrete construction method – that isn’t RAAC – was at fault for the issue at Fordley Primary in Cramlington two months ago.
Local authority chiefs launched a series of urgent inspections across the area following the collapse, later deciding further investigations were required at three more schools, which all at least partially closed – affecting hundreds of pupils.
Some year groups at Fordley are being bussed to classes elsewhere, while all pupils at two of the other impacted sites have been forced into remote learning.
