Schools in Bolton are still dealing with the RAAC crisis, going into a new academic year. Last year it was revealed that thousands of public buildings across the UK had been built with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). The material, which was commonly used between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, was found to have safety defects.
Since then, it has been confirmed that over 100 of the buildings built using it will need to be entirely or partially rebuilt, or have remedial works done. Canon Slade has been one of the affected schools Thornleigh Salesian College, Canon Slade School, St Bernard's RC Primary, St Stephen and All Martyrs Primary, St Andrews CE Primary and St William of York RC Primary will have one or more buildings rebuilt or refurbished . Temporary buildings have been erected at Canon Slade School , with full reconstruction works set to take place at its affected areas.
Headteacher, Karen Sudworth, said: "All our mitigation works have been to make sure everybody is safe, the majority of areas affected by RAAC have been able to open up again. "Some areas, it has not been practical to use them, so we have built additional temporary classrooms, as well as temporary changing rooms. "So everything that was closed has been reopened or additional accommodation has been put in place.
"We have been put into group one of the rebuilding programme and will be in the next phase of refurbishing and rebuilding." She added: "For us it is a massive positive. We will have t.