The Latest Breaking News on At least 700,0000 pupils being taught in schools in England that need major refurbishment, report states

An additional 27 schools and colleges in England have been identified as having reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), figures show.

The Department for Education’s top official told MPs that at least 29 schools in England needed mobile classrooms.

A total of 23 schools have been forced to adopt some degree of remote learning due to safety concerns over the concrete

Further 27 schools in England have been named as affected by Raac on updated list published by the government

A total of 174 education settings in England have been confirmed with Raac as of September 14.

Stepney All Saints School had initially been told by the Department for Education that pupils were able to return

PUPILS are being sent home from a Raac-affected school in Scotland after "new information" was found by contractors.

Transport secretary Huw Merriman has said Network Rail is searching for the crumbly concrete on its estate ‘as a priority’

Scrutiny of government spending shows how money was diverted into building free schools rather than the upkeep of existing ones, says writer and author Warwick Mansell

The collapse-risk concrete at the centre of a crisis in school buildings has been found in Parliament.

The decision to close some schools and erect emergency structural supports in others just days before the start of a new term appeared to come about suddenly. The announcement followed three recent failures of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in particular the collapse of a beam in late August at…