School previously hit by RAAC crisis forced to close after being left without heating or hot water

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A high school in Trafford is to close whilst emergency repairs are carried out on a gas pipe. Altrincham College pupils were first told to stay at home on Tuesday after nearly all the school's buildings, except the sixth form classrooms, were left without heating or hot water.

Pupils were expected to be allowed back tomorrow (Thursday). However in a letter sent to parents today (Wednesday), the school in Timperley said they would have to remain closed for another week and would be reverting to remote learning in the meantime.

It is the latest building issue to hit the school in a matter of months after it was also caught up in the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) crisis last summer. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...

just click here to give it a go. "We find ourselves in an unexpected, urgent situation which we are still working incredibly hard to remedy so that school can reopen again safely" the letter, sent by the school's headteacher Kim Earle and seen by the Manchester Evening News, says. "Unfortunately, the gas pipe which serves all of school (except the Sixth Form classrooms) needs replacing urgently; until it is replaced we have no heating or hot water. "We have spent the last few days excavating the ground and running tests.