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Sept 2023
No local schools due to close because of crumbling concrete
None of the schools facing closure in England and Wales due to crumbling roofs are in the Harrogate district.
The government said last week 104 schools in England and Wales would fully or partially close due to safety fears connected with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Raac, which is cheap building material popular between the 1960s and 1980s, has been compared to “chocolate Aero” because it contains pockets of air.
Children in North Yorkshire are due to go back to school tomorrow for the autumn term and the government has yet to name which schools are affected.
Stuart Carlton, director of children and young people’s service at North Yorkshire Council, said only one school in North Yorkshire was affected . He said:
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