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Half of Education Department staff working in office as concrete crisis unfolded

Some 51% of DfE desks were occupied in the week more than 100 schools were told to close, Civil Service data for August indicated.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan visits school after criticising ‘sensationalist’ concrete queries

The under-fire Education Secretary visited a school in Essex, which is one of the regions worst affected by crumbling concrete.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan to make school visit amid pressure over crumbling concrete crisis

The Education Secretary is expected to meet school leaders and local MPs in Essex.

The Independent UK

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Thousands of pupils forced to stay home as school starts over concrete concerns

The Department for Education has published a long-awaited list of schools and colleges in England identified as having collapse-prone Raac.

The Independent UK

Speaker intervenes as SNP MP calls Labour and Tories ‘two cheeks of same arse’

Rishi Sunak noted that the question was mostly aimed at Sir Keir Starmer, and added that he ‘wouldn’t want to get in the middle of that’.

The Independent UK

Schools say concrete surveys were sent back month ago after receiving ‘telling off’ letter from government

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.

Evening Standard

France goes back to school with abaya ban as government mulls uniforms

Some 300 French students wore abayas on the first day of school, days after the Education Minister announced their banning. The issue of what Muslim students are allowed to wear in schools continues to stir debate in France, where reintroducing uniforms will be tested in the autumn.

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Concrete schools closure list: What schools have been affected by crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK

List of schools affected by concrete safety fears

The Department for Education has said a full list of affected schools will be published this week.

The Independent UK

Concrete schools closure list: What schools have been affected by crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK

Schools concrete crisis: Houses of Parliament tested for Raac as Scotland releases full school list

A source confirmed that tests were ongoing at the Houses of Parliament

The Independent UK

Sunak and Keegan under growing pressure over crumbling concrete in schools

The Education Secretary claimed others had ‘sat on their arse and done nothing’ and admitted holidaying in Spain as the crisis unfolded.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan apologises after swearing in interview

The cabinet minister was facing questions from ITV News.

The National (Scotland)

Pupils face back-to-school disruption amid crumbling concrete ’emergency’

A coalition of education unions is demanding urgent clarity from the Government over support and funding for schools affected by the concrete crisis.

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'Hell of a quote': Education Secretary in explicit rant following ITV interview

THE Education Secretary has been recorded making an explicit rant following an ITV interview about concrete risks in schools.

The Independent UK

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

Evening Standard

More schools and buildings with unsafe concrete may come to light in the coming weeks, Chancellor admits

The Department for Education said it had contacted 104 schools to advise them to close or partially close buildings due to unsafe concrete

The Independent UK

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

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School closures not a return to ‘dark days of lockdowns’, says Gillian Keegan

Education Secretary says remote learning will only be used as ‘last resort’ as schools face concrete crisis.

The Independent UK

Pandemic-style learning should last days, not weeks, amid school closures – DfE

The Department for Education said it was working with education leaders to make sure remote lessons are limited.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Ministers need to get an urgent grip on school building closures

There is leaving work on Friday afternoon to your future Monday morning self, and then there is the Department for Education. Days before students are set to return to classrooms, it has been half-announced that more than 100 schools and colleges must partially or fully close buildings over fears they…

The Independent UK

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

Evening Standard

Which schools are closing? Government orders more than 100 closures over RAAC

Here are some of the schools affected by potentially dangerous Raac

Radio France Internationale

Cultural garment or religious symbol? Debate over France's ban on abayas in school

The French education minister’s proposal to prohibit students from wearing abayas - full-length robes worn by some Muslim women - has been welcomed on the right as a move to protect France's secularist traditions, but it has divided the left over whether the garment is a cultural or religious symbol,…

Al Jazeera

France abaya ban: ‘How far will clothes police go?’

To enforce the ban on the robes in classrooms, 14,000 educational personnel will be trained by the end of the year.

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