Nursery World - Nurseries and schools containing 'bubbly form' of concrete told to close by DfE

Nurseries are among the 104 educational settings in England that have been told by the DfE to shut buildings made with a certain type of concrete until safety measures are introduced.

Over a hundred educational settings have been contacted by the DfE becuase their buildings contain RAAC, a weaker form of concrete, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

This week, the department contacted all the settings that contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), which unlike standard concrete is weaker and deteriorates over time, to ask them to vacate spaces or buildings where the material is present. It comes just days before the start of the new school year.

RAAC is a lightweight, bubbly form of concrete that is usually found in roofs and occasionally in walls and floors.

Primary schools which operate nurseries that been contacted by the DfE include:

Nursery World is unaware whether the above schools will have to close buildings which nursery and Reception children use.

Labour's shadow education secretary has called for the Government to publish a full list of schools being forced to close because of fears over the safety of their buildings.

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