RAAC

RAAC PAC: 10 things we learned as DfE bosses grilled by MPs

Senior civil servants appeared before the public accounts committee amid the school building crisis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

DfE to check accuracy of schools’ RAAC surveys

Move comes amid concerns hidden 'crumbly' concrete may have been missed by school staff who did checks

John Dickens
John Dickens
RAAC

RAAC: Treasury snubbed 10-year school rebuild funds, says ex-minister

Lord Agnew says he had 'probably 10 meetings' to try to get a 'long-term envelope' confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

DfE now says ‘reasonable’ RAAC revenue costs WILL be funded

Government updates guidance after original funding snub 'added insult to injury'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

RAAC: Why have we tolerated this ‘ticking timebomb’ for so long?

While the dangers of reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) have only recently been on the public’s radar, it has...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
RAAC

RAAC: Conservatives’ concrete crisis causes classroom chaos

A long-read on the week the RAAC ‘ticking time bomb’ exploded

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC questionnaire: Trusts ‘assured’ they won’t be named and shamed

Sector leader says ministers have said responsible bodies deemed not to have responded 'will not be named publicly'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE snubbed schools’ bids for flagship rebuilding scheme

Ten schools now confirmed with RAAC applied for the current school rebuilding programme, but were rejected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE finally publishes list of affected schools

Almost 1 in 3 schools with confirmed RAAC delay term or use remote learning, government data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker