Education Secretary says remote learning will only be used as ‘last resort’ as schools face concrete crisis.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told parents the closure of classrooms due to fears over crumbling lightweight concrete is “not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns”.
Writing in The Sun on Sunday, the Education Secretary said there was “no choice” other than to make closures after a “handful of cases” where Raac had failed. “That’s the position I faced when new evidence was presented to me indicating concrete which forms part of certain school buildings was no longer safe.She continued: “I understand the anxiety that this has caused parents, particularly those with children directly impacted, so soon after the disruption caused by the pandemic.She said home learning has only been required “for days, not weeks” in the minority of 52 schools and colleges which have required work.
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