RAAC: School told it was affected by crumbling concrete deemed safe

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RAAC: School told it was affected by crumbling concrete deemed safe
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Pupils at the Leicester school will return to the classroom after starting the term learning online.

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The institution, run by The Mead Educational Trust , said in a statement: "[We] brought in a specialist RAAC engineer on Monday to determine what remedial action was needed. "Considering that the school was preparing for months if not years in temporary accommodation, it is a huge relief that we can move pupils back into their classrooms and return to normal routines."

The lightweight concrete used to build schools between the 1950s and mid-1990s has led to structural failures.

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