Which schools in Essex are affected by RAAC?

The Department for Education has published a list of nearly 150 education settings with collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Racc).

A total of 147 education settings in England are included on the long-awaited list from the Government - which sets out the mitigation measures schools have been forced to take due to the presence of Raac on their sites.

We understand 56 of these are in Essex.

It comes after more than 100 schools were ordered to fully or partially shut buildings before the new academic year due to concerns about Raac.

The list from the Department for Education (DfE) suggests 19 schools in England have had to delay the start of term because of the concrete crisis.

As many as Seven in Essex are believed to have had to delay the start of the new term.

It also shows pupils at 24 schools will receive some remote learning because of the concrete crisis, with four schools switching to fully remote learning.

Essex schools affected

Stanway Fiveways Primary School

Baynards Primary School

Great Leighs Primary School

Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School

Bentfield Primary School and Nursery

White Court School

Beehive Lane Community Primary School

Eversley Primary School

Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham

St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School

Broomfield Primary School

Mersea Island School

Springfield Primary School

The Appleton School

The Honywood Community Science School

The Billericay School

Tendring Technology College

Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre

St Clere's School

Anglo European School

The Thomas Lord Audley School

St Helena School

East Tilbury Primary School

Clacton County High School

White Hall Academy and Nursery

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

The Bromfords School

The Ramsey Academy, Halstead

Woodville Primary School

Katherine Semar Junior School

The FitzWimarc School

Winter Gardens Academy

Cherry Tree Academy

Lubbins Park Primary Academy

Arthur Bugler Primary School

Harlowbury Primary School

Kingsdown School

Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery

Harwich and Dovercourt High School

Wyburns Primary School

Jerounds Primary Academy

Roding Valley High School

Hillhouse CofE Primary School

Barnes Farm Junior School

Hockley Primary School

Chipping Ongar Primary School

Elmstead Primary School

Waddesdon School

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said: "I know this is the last way parents, teachers and children affected by this wanted to begin the new term, but it will always be my priority to ensure the safety of pupils and staff.

"Thanks to the hard work of schools, colleges, councils, diocese and academy trusts, the majority of settings where Raac has been confirmed have opened to all pupils for the start of term.

"We will continue to support all impacted settings in whatever way we can, whether that's through our team of dedicated caseworkers or through capital funding to put mitigations in place.

"We are also expediting surveys and urging all responsible bodies to tell us what they know about Raac, so we can be confident that settings are safe and supported."

The row over England's schools dominated Prime Minister's Questions, where Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed "the cowboys are running the country".

He highlighted schools now found to have Raac which would have been replaced under Labour's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

But Rishi Sunak said the BSF scheme, scrapped by the coalition government, would have been "time-consuming and expensive, just like the Labour Party".

He defended the Government's handling of Raac: "We make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information... Of the 22,000 schools in England the vast, vast majority won't be affected."

Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Munira Wilson criticised the time taken to publish the list of schools affected.

"Sunak and his Conservative ministers have ducked responsibility and blamed everyone but themselves for this fiasco," she said.

"Families deserve to know the truth instead of this endless smoke and mirrors."