
Parents at a school where teaching has been badly affected by the crumbling concrete crisis have been dismayed to hear that GCSE and A-level exams will be marked as normal next summer.
St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham is frequently among the top-performing state schools in the North East at GCSE level, but education of the 1,490 pupils has been badly disrupted after the potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) was found in several buildings.