School buildings in England to shut over concrete safety fears

Schools successful England indispensable instantly unopen buildings made with a benignant of factual that is prone to illness until information measures are successful place, the authorities is expected to announce.

Some schools volition person to relocate children to different teaching spaces.

More than 100 schools are being contacted earlier the commencement of caller term.

Safety measures see propping up ceilings successful buildings made with reinforced autoclaved aerated factual (RAAC).

The Department for Education (DfE) has not fixed a timeline for replacing the RAAC, but schoolhouse leaders person called for an "urgent plan" to hole buildings.

A study successful June assessed the hazard of wounded oregon decease from a schoolhouse gathering illness arsenic "very apt and critical".