School concrete crisis: Ascot pupils move from marquees to classrooms

The school started the academic year using marquees as classrooms after unsafe concrete was found

Pupils who have been taught in marquees after potentially unsafe concrete was found in their school's buildings have moved into temporary classrooms.

Some classrooms, the hall and kitchen at St Francis Catholic Primary School in Ascot were found to have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

The school put up hired marquees on its field so all pupils could start the academic year on 6 September.

Four classrooms, toilets and storage areas have now been built.

The concrete was found in the roof of a main building of the Berkshire school in July.

It said all affected Key Stage Two pupils and staff, who had been in the marquees for more than five weeks, were "very excited about moving into our new classrooms".

The school, which has 207 pupils, added it was having weekly meetings with the Department of Education "but we still do not know the long-term plan for our school".

It added a decision was not expected to be reached before December.

According to the latest figures, released on 14 September, 174 schools in England have been confirmed to have Raac.

Officials have been checking hundreds of schools every week.