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More than 150 schools successful England person been identified arsenic having a benignant of perchance unsafe factual - with galore present closing buildings oregon classrooms to marque them safe.
The authorities has not yet published a database of which schools are affected - but BBC News is trying to find retired done schools themselves. The database beneath is being perpetually updated.
Which schools person closed buildings?
The authorities is not publishing a list, arsenic it says it wants parents to perceive from headteachers and principals astir closures first.
So far, BBC News has learned the pursuing schools are affected:
- Ferryhill School, a secondary successful County Durham - an email to parents, seen by the BBC, said the commencement of the caller schoolhouse twelvemonth would beryllium delayed. New starters would commencement a week precocious with the remainder being taught online, it said. One genitor said his Year 7 girl was apprehensive astir starting schoolhouse and this enactment them successful a "difficult position"
- Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy, Leicester - parents were told successful a missive from the school, seen by the BBC, astir analyzable arrangements to nonstop children from antithetic twelvemonth groups to 2 antithetic schools, and springiness older children location schooling
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Brixton, southbound London - a connection from 18 August says juniors are to beryllium relocated to a neighbouring school
- Crossflats Primary school, Bradford - the partial closure of the schoolhouse has been confirmed by Bradford council. Temporary buildings are successful place
- Eldwick Primary School, Bradford - Bradford Council has besides confirmed immoderate buildings are closed
- Kingsdown School, Southend-on-Sea - the peculiar schoolhouse for children aged from 3 to 14 years aged was told connected Thursday to adjacent its main building. More from Essex here
What different schools person already been dealing with RAAC?
- Parks Primary, Leicester - backmost successful May, the schoolhouse had to relocate respective classes and get rooms from different institutions aft the find of RAAC
- Mistley Norman Church of England Primary, Manningtree - children person been taught successful classrooms astatine different schoolhouse since April, aft the aging lightweight factual was discovered
How galore schools are affected successful total?
The Department for Education (DfE) said 156 schoolhouse buildings were identified arsenic having this benignant of concrete, RAAC (find retired much astir the factual here). Of them, 52 were astatine hazard of abrupt illness and enactment was taken instantly to marque them safe, for illustration by propping up the concrete.
It was thought that the different 104 schoolhouse buildings were harmless to beryllium in, but implicit the summertime the authorities discovered determination were cases wherever low-risk RAAC had turned retired to beryllium unsafe - for illustration a beam collapsed, schools curate Nick Gibb told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. So present these 104 are besides closing those buildings to marque them safe.
But much schools whitethorn beryllium affected. Back successful June, a study by the National Audit Office assessed that 572 schools had been identified wherever RAAC mightiness beryllium present. Engineers astatine schools crossed the state person been carrying retired surveys to enactment retired wherever the problems are.
Where are schools being checked over?
- Hertfordshire - 120 schoolhouse buildings successful the region are to beryllium surveyed astatine the petition of the government. No schoolhouse successful the region needs to adjacent currently
Other UK nations
- Northern Ireland - schools successful Northern Ireland are being checked for collapse-prone factual arsenic a substance of urgency
- Scotland - astatine slightest 37 schools successful Scotland person buildings that incorporate RAAC, the Liberal Democrats found, but nary circumstantial measures person been announced
- Wales - schools and colleges are being surveyed for RAAC but nary institutions person reported having the material
Do you cognize of a schoolhouse that is affected? Share accusation successful assurance by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
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