
The row over crumbling concrete is growing as schools claimed they filled in safety surveys “months ago”, after the Education Secretary told headteachers to “get off their backsides” and send back the forms.
Gillian Keegan, who also faced criticism for claiming that “everyone else has sat on their arse” while she tried to fix the scandal, has accused five per cent of schools or responsible bodies of not responding to the survey asking if they had dangerous RAAC concrete in their buildings.