Crumbly RAAC concrete has forced three more colleges to close parts of their sites, according to the Department of Education. An updated list of affected schools and colleges was published by the DfE this morning. It shows the number of education settings with RAAC has increased to 174, up by 27 since the list was first published two weeks ago. The new snapshot figures list settings that have confirmed RAAC as of September 14. Farnborough College of Technology, Grantham College and Marple Sixth Form College – part of The Trafford College Group – have joined Petroc as the only further education colleges that have identified reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) so far. One specialist post-16 college, Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust) is also listed. But all the colleges have their students in face-to-face education, according to the DfE’s list. Only one affected school has switched to fully using remote learning. DfE caused ‘significant hinderance’ Farnborough College criticised the DfE’s indecision for causing a “significant hindrance” after identifying RAAC months before DfE began ordering closures. At first, the college surveyed its buildings which revealed RAAC, but, following the DfE’s standards, found the concrete planks were “generally in good condition” and did not have any cracking, back in July. The surveyors recommended it worked to improve the planks though some parts of the RAAC were “sub-standard”. In early August the DfE said a technical advisor would visit the college within six weeks to verify the advice. However, on 31 August, just days before the start of term, it received an “urgent request for a meeting” when it was told all colleges with RAAC should close immediately. Farnborough College told FE Week that it was forced to close 177,000 square feet of its space after the DfE sounded the alarm in August. “A small number” of its adult learners could not come in in the first week due to the RAAC problems, though they have now returned to college. The college has around 3,600 students on its books. The college also had to re-sequence some courses so that they could continue to offer studies without specialist equipment currently stuck in the building where RAAC has been identified. It is currently focusing on the theoretical side of the courses, before moving to the technical side once the buildings have been remediated. The college expects to open seven of the fourteen blocks affected by the end of September, FE Week understands. Farnborough College expects to spend £800,000 remediating the site, but that should be funded by the DfE. But it expects the full RAAC replacement project to cost “millions of pounds”. The DfE has also indicated that it will fund mitigating costs too. ‘Difficult decision’ Grantham College, which has around 1,200 learners in total, has also been forced to close parts of its campus after a DfE-commissioned survey found RAAC on four buildings in total. That forced a “difficult decision” to close those buildings, the college said on its website. It has closed the entire Link Block, part of its engineering block, part of the construction workshop and part of its library block. But the college said it had “adjusted timetables so that face-to-face teaching can continue”. Paul Deane, the college’s principal, said he appreciated the timing of the decision is “far from ideal”. Trafford College Group, which serves more than 12,000 students across four colleges, has closed part of its Marple Sixth Form College campus including six classrooms. A spokesperson for the college said it had “restrict[ed] access to the affected area while we complete further surveys and if necessary, remedial works”. “The classrooms affected will not be in use until we are reassured that they are fit for purpose and have passed all necessary health and safety checks,” they added. The area is isolated on one side of the campus and there have been “no delays” to anyone starting term on time, as there is extra capacity. But it is “too early” to say when the RAAC will be removed from the site. RAAC surveys are continuing across the country but surveyor shortages have delayed the vital checks in some education settings, including England’s biggest college group, NCG. The DfE’s full RAAC list Setting NameLA AreaSetting Mitigation (14/09/2023)Abbey Lane Primary SchoolSheffieldAll pupils in face-to-face educationAll Saints C of E Primary SchoolManchesterAll pupils in face-to-face educationAltrincham CollegeTraffordAll pupils in face-to-face educationAnglo European SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationArk Boulton AcademyBirminghamAll pupils in face-to-face educationArk John Keats AcademyEnfieldAll pupils in face-to-face educationArthur Bugler Primary SchoolThurrockAll pupils in face-to-face educationAston Manor AcademyBirminghamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsAvenue Centre for EducationLutonAll pupils in face-to-face educationBaildon Church of England Primary SchoolBradfordAll pupils in face-to-face educationBarnes Farm Junior SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationBaskerville SchoolBirminghamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsBatley Girls High SchoolKirkleesAll pupils in face-to-face educationBaynards Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationBeehive Lane Community Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationBentfield Primary School and NurseryEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationBirchington Church of England Primary SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationBishop Douglass School FinchleyBarnetAll pupils in face-to-face educationBispham Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpoolAll pupils in face-to-face educationBrandhall Primary SchoolSandwellRAAC not presentBroomfield Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationBuckhurst Hill Community Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationButtsbury Junior SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationCanon Slade SchoolBoltonAll pupils in face-to-face educationCarmel CollegeDarlingtonAll pupils in face-to-face educationCherry Tree AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationChipping Ongar Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationClacton County High SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsClaydon High SchoolSuffolkMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsCleeve Park SchoolBexleyAll pupils in face-to-face educationCockermouth SchoolCumberlandAll pupils in face-to-face educationColyton Grammar SchoolDevonAll pupils in face-to-face educationCorpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolLambethAll pupils in face-to-face educationCranbourneHampshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationDanetree Primary SchoolSurreyAll pupils in face-to-face educationDenbigh SchoolMilton KeynesAll pupils in face-to-face educationDonnington Wood Infant School and Nursery CentreTelford and WrekinAll pupils in face-to-face educationEast Bergholt High SchoolSuffolkMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsEast Tilbury Primary SchoolThurrockAll pupils in face-to-face educationEldwick Primary SchoolBradfordAll pupils in face-to-face educationElmstead Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationEversley Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationFarlingaye High SchoolSuffolkAll pupils in face-to-face educationFarnborough College of TechnologyHampshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationFerryhill SchoolCounty DurhamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsGodinton Primary SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationGrantham CollegeLincolnshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationGreat Leighs Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationGreat Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHadleigh High SchoolSuffolkMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsHarlowbury Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHarwich and Dovercourt High SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHatfield Heath Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHatfield Peverel St Andrew’s Junior SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHenham and Ugley Primary and Nursery SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHillhouse CofE Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHockley Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHolcombe Grammar SchoolMedwayAll pupils in face-to-face educationHoly Trinity Catholic Voluntary AcademyNottinghamshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationHoly Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and AldhamEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationHornsey School for GirlsHaringeyAll pupils in face-to-face educationHounsdown SchoolHampshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationJerounds Primary AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationJoyce Frankland Academy, NewportEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationKatherine Semar Infant SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationKatherine Semar Junior SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationKatherines Primary Academy and NurseryEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationKing Ethelbert SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationKingsbury High SchoolBrentAll pupils in face-to-face educationKingsdown SchoolSouthend-on-SeaAll pupils in face-to-face educationLambourne Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationLangney Primary AcademyEast SussexAll pupils in face-to-face educationLubbins Park Primary AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationMarkyate Village School and NurseryHertfordshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationMarling SchoolGloucestershireAll pupils in face-to-face educationMaryvale Catholic Primary SchoolBirminghamAll pupils in face-to-face educationMayflower Primary SchoolLeicesterAll pupils in face-to-face educationMerrylands Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationMersea Island SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationMistley Norman Church of England Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationMulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing CollegeTower HamletsAll pupils in face-to-face educationMyatt Garden Primary SchoolLewishamAll pupils in face-to-face educationMyton SchoolWarwickshireMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsNorthampton International AcademyWest NorthamptonshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationOrtu Corringham Primary School and NurseryThurrockAll pupils in face-to-face educationOur Lady’s Catholic High SchoolLancashireAll pupils in face-to-face educationOutwoods Primary SchoolWarwickshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationPalmarsh Primary SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationPark View SchoolHaringeyAll pupils in face-to-face educationParks Primary SchoolLeicesterAll pupils in face-to-face educationPetrocDevonAll pupils in face-to-face educationPippins SchoolSloughAll pupils in face-to-face educationPrince Albert Junior and Infant SchoolBirminghamAll pupils in face-to-face educationRavens AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationRedhill SchoolDudleyAll pupils in face-to-face educationRoding Valley High SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsRoyal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)StockportAll pupils in face-to-face educationSale Grammar SchoolTraffordAll pupils in face-to-face educationSandbach SchoolCheshire EastAll pupils in face-to-face educationScalby SchoolNorth YorkshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSelworthy Special SchoolSomersetAll pupils in face-to-face educationSeven Mills Primary SchoolTower HamletsAll pupils in face-to-face educationShawfield Primary SchoolSurreyAll pupils in face-to-face educationSir Thomas Boughey AcademyStaffordshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSpringfield Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Andrew’s CofE Primary School, Over HultonBoltonAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Harlow GreenGatesheadAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Bartholomew’s Catholic Primary School, SwanleyKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Bede’s Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form CollegeCounty DurhamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsSt Benet’s Catholic Primary School, OustonCounty DurhamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsSt Clere’s SchoolThurrockMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsSt Columba’s Catholic Primary School, WallsendNorth TynesideAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Elizabeth’s Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerbyshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Francis’ Catholic Primary SchoolNewhamAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Francis Catholic Primary School, South AscotWindsor and MaidenheadAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Gregory’s Catholic Science CollegeBrentAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Helena SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Ignatius CollegeEnfieldAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt James’ Catholic Primary School, HebburnSouth TynesideAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt James’ Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, SunderlandSunderlandAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt John Catholic Primary SchoolHertfordshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West DentonNewcastle upon TyneAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt John Vianney RC Primary SchoolHaringeyAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Joseph’s Catholic Primary SchoolBuckinghamshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicestershireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Lawrence Church of England Primary School, RowhedgeEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Leonard’s Catholic School, DurhamCounty DurhamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsSt Mary and St John Junior and Infant SchoolBirminghamAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Michael’s Catholic SchoolBuckinghamshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Thames DittonSurreyAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Teresa’s Catholic Primary SchoolDarlingtonAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive SchoolGreenwichAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt Thomas More Catholic School, BlaydonGatesheadAll pupils in face-to-face educationSt William of York Catholic Primary SchoolBoltonAll pupils in face-to-face educationStanway Fiveways Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationSteeple Bumpstead Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationStepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolTower HamletsFully remote learningSunny Bank Primary SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationSurrey Street Primary SchoolLutonAll pupils in face-to-face educationTendring Technology CollegeEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe Appleton SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Billericay SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Bromfords SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Coopers’ Company and Coborn SchoolHaveringMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Ellen Wilkinson School for GirlsEalingAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe FitzWimarc SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe Gilberd SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyBradfordAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe Honywood Community Science SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Link SchoolSuttonAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe London Oratory SchoolHammersmith and FulhamMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThe Macclesfield AcademyCheshire EastNew case – triage in progressThe Palmer Catholic AcademyRedbridgeAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe Ramsey Academy, HalsteadEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationThe Thomas Lord Audley SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery AcademyNorfolkAll pupils in face-to-face educationThurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form CentreEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangementsThurston Community CollegeSuffolkAll pupils in face-to-face educationMarple Sixth Form College (part of Trafford College Group)TraffordAll pupils in face-to-face educationWaddesdon Church of England SchoolBuckinghamshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationWallingford SchoolOxfordshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationWater Lane Primary AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWelbourne Primary SchoolHaringeyAll pupils in face-to-face educationWells Park SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWestlands SchoolKentAll pupils in face-to-face educationWhite Court SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWhite Hall Academy and NurseryEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWidford SchoolHertfordshireAll pupils in face-to-face educationWinter Gardens AcademyEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWood Green AcademySandwellAll pupils in face-to-face educationWoodkirk AcademyLeedsAll pupils in face-to-face educationWoodville Primary SchoolEssexAll pupils in face-to-face educationWyburns Primary SchoolEssexMix of face-to-face and remote arrangements