To not believe other schools don’t have RAAC too?

[Teateaandmoretea]

DD’s school is partially shut. She hasn’t been in at all this year and we’ve had a highly depressing update tonight talking about portaloos and temporary classrooms in the coming months.

We’re in a lucky position where she’s actually been offered a place at another school. But the building looks much the same, built 1950s, it’s slightly older. Was the use of RAAC rare then? 🤔. Are we just going to have the same again in a few months?

Ours is 1950s no raac concrete here (we have everything else though) I'm guessing as we are built partially on a marsh it was not considered appropriate material (unlike asbestos)

There have been many, many complaints about how Ofsted have refused to defer inspections in completely unsuitable circumstances, such as the headteacher being in hospital or recently bereaved or something dreadful having just happened. They came in while schools were limping along with no staff during covid, it would not have surprised me to hear that they would insist on coming in when kids were housed in tents or whatever.

Well yes tbh I’m amazed they are delaying it at all.

But omg it’s shit. My year 7 dd has realised that her experience so far is different to her friends at other schools. No science labs, tech, IT lessons.

How are all your children getting on in schools impacted by RAAC? My DDs school is still 70% closed. Portacabins arrived just before Christmas and that's where most of the teaching takes place. Good that they are all in school but they have no access to any resources. Those sitting GCSE and A-Levels are woefully behind in coursework.

The Government seems to think this is ok. Please can you sign this petition to get the conversation started.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/petitions_noticeboard/5022985-5022985-help-raac-impacted-students-get-the-exam-grades-they-deserve?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

I moved both of mine in the end. It sounds similar, portacabins arrived in full just before Christmas, anecdotally the behaviour etc is awful, instability from losing teachers but obvs don’t want to talk about it really in IRL for looking like gloating. Dd2 wouldn’t have been at school between October and Christmas at all.

Dd1 (y10) had the opportunity to move to private, she took it. Dd2 moved to a school in a neighbouring authority that’s a pita cos we have to drive her, but it’s manageable thankfully and tbh a better school anyway even before the other one fell down.

This is news to me that some children have not been in school since July. That should be a national scandal. The government managed to put up temporary hospitals (the Nightingale hospitals) in record time during COVID - why are they not doing the same here?

We are still struggling massively, we had 1/3 of the school closed including the whole science department, library and humanities.

You could say our students where lucky in that they have all been in. But with no science labs there has been no practical work. 😕

We have just got 4 temporary classrooms and may hopefully get science classrooms after Easter. But it's been so stressful for everyone, with some teachers teaching in upto 16 different classrooms. I feel its worse then covid.

I don’t think anyone’s said that?

But portacabins aren’t great for a variety of reasons and kids have been out for weeks on end.

Bloody hell

Then how will everyone know they are shit buildings and not fit for purpose?

I wish they would send Ofsted into the schools that are basically poracabin villages - then the government could stop pretending that thousands of pupils aren't getting the education they should be getting.

It's an absolute disgrace. And grossly unfair for those in GCSE and A level years. How can they compete with those who've had no disruption?

My DDs school is 70% closed. No access to anything practical.

She did a food tech lesson last week. They actually cooked something for the first time... as someone brought in an air fryer. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

There's a change petition that's trying to get the government to take action for those taking exams. Please sign it if you can.

chng.it/PjbspfBBhq