has admitted that more schools could be told they need to shut classrooms because they contain the lightweight material – thought to be 10 times weaker than standard concrete – with questionnaires and surveys still to be completed.Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary said the numbers of students affected showed the debacle was causing “significant disruption and chaos” for schools pupils and their parents.
Dr Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said this disruption to students “could have been avoided”. James Bowen, assistant general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said the circumstances pupils and staff were operating in was “far from ideal”.