MORE schools could be told to close classrooms over collapse-risk concrete - as minister says full list WILL be released
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMore schools could be told they need to close because they are built with concrete that could suddenly collapse, the schools minister has admitted.
But Nick Gibb insisted that the Government will pay for the costs of temporary classrooms after official guidance suggested schools will have to cover the emergency measures.
The Department for Education (DfE) has told 104 schools and colleges to partially or fully close buildings just days before pupils return from the summer holidays.
But Mr Gibb conceded that more schools could be told to make closures as more information emerges over the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). "There may be more after that as these questionnaires continue to be surveyed and we continue to do more surveying work," he told GB News.
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