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FOUND: 2 - What They Never Told You

Unsafe concrete in schools ‘just the tip of the iceberg,’ MP warns

It comes after 104 schools and colleges were told by the Department for Education to partially or fully shut buildings

Evening Standard

Ministers facing calls for transparency over scale of Raac in public buildings

Chairwoman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee Dame Meg Hillier has warned Raac is just “the tip of the iceberg” of a crumbling school estate.

The Independent UK

Government urged to ‘provide clarity’ on scale of Raac risk across public sector

Experts have warned that the crisis over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) could extend beyond schools.

The Independent UK

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Ministers face calls to explain delay in closing schools over concrete crisis

Labour calls for audit of handling of longstanding safety fears as government pledges to fund repairs expected to cost at least £100m

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on dangerous school buildings: the price of 13 years of underinvestment

Editorial: The decision to close schools is right, given the risks. But ministers should never have let this happen

The Guardian - UK

‘An absolute nightmare’: teachers and parents shocked by concrete closures in England’s schools

From Essex to Cumbria, many are dismayed by timing of the government’s action on aerated concrete in buildings

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England seek alternative spaces amid fears concrete crisis could affect 1,000

One estates manager says children could have to be taught in temporary buildings for as long as a decade to come

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Nick Gibb: I would let my family sit under propped-up concrete ceilings

The schools minister said the government was taking a precautionary approach to the problem.

The Independent UK

Key questions answered on schools forced to shut over concrete fears

Schools and colleges in England have been told to close buildings which were constructed with a particular kind of concrete.

The Independent UK

Crumbling concrete crisis grows as minister defends propping up schools with girders

A minister came under fire today amid a growing school buildings scandal as he defended using classrooms with ceilings propped up with girders.

Evening Standard

More schools may have to shut over concrete fears amid warning chaos could continue for years

Schools minister admits number of schools forced to close over dangerous crumbling concrete could rise – but refuses to release full list of those affected

The Independent UK

The one beam that has forced over 100 schools to close

Schools minister Nick Gibb said there had been a number of instances where the concrete was found to be ‘unsafe’

The Independent UK

More schools could be told to close classrooms over collapse-risk concrete

Schools minister Nick Gibb made the admission after 104 sites were told to shut buildings over aerated concrete.

The Independent UK

New school safety warning prompted by beam collapse at building considered safe – as it happened

Schools minister Nick Gibb said the collapse happened at a school previously thought to have been at no risk from aerated concrete

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More English schools could close due to crumbling concrete, minister warns

Nick Gibb says buildings continue to be surveyed for risk of collapse after over 100 were told to shut

The Independent UK

Top GCSE results fall in return to pre-Covid grading system

Around 203,000 fewer top GCSE grades were awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland compared to last year.

The Independent UK

Tory MP hits out at Dorries’ ‘extraordinary’ entitlement

Nadine Dorries announced in June that she would quit the Commons but has not formally done so.

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Minister warns against jumping to conclusions over Wagner chief’s reported death

Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly been killed in a plane crash two months after staging a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leaders.

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Minister suggests Dorries is not fulfilling her duties to constituents

Nick Gibb said if she is not participating in Parliament business, she is therefore not fully fulfilling the role of an MP.

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GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

‘Staggering incompetence’: DfE under fire as new school buildings closed

Disruption as buildings shut due to safety fears while others under construction have had to be demolished

The Independent UK

Assessing pupils under exam conditions avoids plagiarism in age of AI – minister

The ‘dangers’ ‘of generative artificial intelligence in education need to be addressed, the schools minister has said.

The Independent UK

Exam results must return to normal so qualifications ‘carry credibility’ – Gibb

There is an ‘expectation’ exam aids given to students in some GCSE subjects this summer will not be in place next year, the schools minister said.

The Independent UK

Pupils should ration phone use at home to prevent tiredness in school – minister

Children need to be aware of the dangers of spending too many hours on a screen, especially late into the night, Nick Gibb warned.

The Independent UK

Government delays expectation for schools in England to run 32.5 hour week

State schools will now have until September 2024 to meet minimum school week expectation due to ‘pressures’, the Department for Education said.

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