Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in Ealing, West London has asked students to bring in packed lunches
104 schools and colleges were told by the Department for Education to partially or fully shut buildings just as pupils prepare to return after the summer holidays over the presence of RAAC.
The Government has been aware of the dangers of RAAC in schools since at least 2018 and sent out a questionnaire to school leaders in 2022 to schools it thought were at Ministers have warned that the crisis could extend beyond the education sector – with healthcare settings, courts and offices also potentially at risk.
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