Not just Raac: the newly built English schools also closing over safety fears

While crumbling concrete dominated headlines, the modern, modular construction methods used to make three new schools also failed

Just days before the government suddenly ordered schools in England to close buildings at risk of collapse due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), another - somewhat smaller - school buildings story hit the headlines.

Three virtually brand-new schools were suddenly told to close by the Department for Education (DfE) with immediate effect because of safety fears. A further two primary schools, it later emerged, had to be demolished before completion.