Another south Essex secondary school has announced some of its classrooms have been made inaccessible over crumble-risk concrete fears. 

Some 15 classrooms at The Bromfords School – just more than 20 per cent of the school’s total teaching rooms – are now inaccessible to staff and students due to the presence of the dangerous concrete, as well as a set of student toilets and PE changing rooms, the Wickford school said.

Year 7 students will still be welcomed on Friday, while new Year 12 students will enrol as normal on Wednesday.

The Grange Avenue school said it was confident it could welcome other year groups back from September 11 but this is likely to be on a rotation basis, with remote learning taking place for some students. Exam year groups will be prioritised for face-to-face learning.

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School bosses have arranged meetings with the Department for Education to receive updates on when portacabins will be delivered to the school site.

In a letter to parents, a spokesman for the school said: "I am sure you can appreciate the challenges are significant given the short notice received from the DfE and the importance of ensuring the site is safe for all members of our school community.

"We want to make sure that we give you absolute certainty over the arrangements for next week and hope that you understand that with further discussions and meetings taking place, confirming these arrangements with you will now follow tomorrow along with the plan of the day for Year 7 this Friday.

"Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time."

This comes after The Billericay School, in School Road, sent a letter home to parents today stating that a “small section” of its site contains the material RAAC.

RAAC is a lightweight concrete, but is unlike traditional concrete, as the way it is made, means it is much weaker. It is widely used as a building material from the 1950s to the mid-1990s.