Proportion of RAAC likely to be higher among schools yet to return DfE questionnaires

By Daniel Gayne2023-09-06T11:05:00

One in 10 schools have yet to respond to the department’s surveys - meanwhile DfE publishes list of schools with at risk concrete

The 10% of schools which have yet to return RAAC surveys to the Department for Education are likely to be more widely affected by the problem material, according to a surveyor working on the issue.

Education secretary Gillian Keegan revealed on Monday that nine in 10 of the 15,000 schools sent surveys had provided responses, with 1% having raised concerns about the presence of the lightweight concrete material.

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