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Parents are taking their children out of schools with dangerous concrete, a head teachers’ union says.

Students in schools with unsafe Raac concrete need additional exam support, a new study says.

A RAAC school has threatened legal action if it can’t secure exam help for pupils, after Ofsted said behaviour slipped at another secondary hit by the crisis.

A study of one Raac-affected school found pupils were worried about their results and teachers were at risk of burnout.

GCSE and A-Level pupils at schools where teaching has been badly affected by the crumbling concrete crisis should have their results increased by 10%, education experts have concluded. But exam boards have so far refused to make allowances for children taking their exams this summer.

Pupils have had to postpone science experiments, and even switch courses, months before their GCSEs.

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The notion that black pupils must be taught by black teachers is racialist nonsense.

Exclusive: Pupils in north-east and London most likely to never have a teacher of similar ethnicity, study finds

Analysis published by the membership organisation for local authorities today has claimed council schools outperform academies