Keegan updates on RAAC in schools. Let’s keep this in case it’s disproved later…
Gillian Keegan: she has been out and about with a photographer and wanted to show us the pictures. Oh, and there’s some information about RAAC concrete in schools that may or may not be accurate.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has published an update on what she has been doing to resolve the problem of RAAC concrete causing schools to fall apart around our children.
Here it is, as provided on ‘X’. There may be problems with it already…
Throughout the week, I’ve been chairing Gold command meetings on RAAC with our experts, Ministers, officials and operational teams to ensure that every school or college with RAAC gets the support they need.
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— Gillian Keegan MP (@GillianKeegan) September 10, 2023
On Wednesday, we published the list of sites known to have RAAC as of 30th August.
Fewer than 1% of all schools or colleges have confirmed cases of RAAC, and 70% of impacted sites were able to open for all pupils this week.
See the list here: https://t.co/kIr2qouYEf
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— Gillian Keegan MP (@GillianKeegan) September 10, 2023
This Writer is sure that more than one per cent of all schools or colleges have RAAC concrete in them. It was widely used from the 1950s to the 1990s.
This means that it is likely that more than one per cent of all schools or colleges will suffer some form of collapse associated with RAAC concrete in the future. If the Department for Education is claiming that this is not likely to happen, then it is misleading people who are in danger – possibly fatally.
I state that merely as an observation. It will be for others to take action.
On Thursday, I visited a school in Essex to see first-hand how schools like theirs are working to minimise the disruption to education from RAAC.
I also chaired two roundtable discussions with councillors and MPs to see how we could further support sites impacted in Essex.
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— Gillian Keegan MP (@GillianKeegan) September 10, 2023
Note that she doesn’t actually say what these schools have done. Is it really that embarrassing for the DfE?
Here’s where you can find more words about what the government is doing.
Set them against any facts you know and see if they match up!
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