What the Tories aren't saying...
- Cabinet Ministers tend to educate their children privately
- Class sizes in private schools tend to be half (or less) those of state schools. Eton has about 10 students per class.
So private schools already meet the social distancing criteria!
- Cabinet Ministers tend to educate their children privately
- Class sizes in private schools tend to be half (or less) those of state schools. Eton has about 10 students per class.
So private schools already meet the social distancing criteria!
"In 2016 the average state primary school class size was 27.4 pupils in England, 23.5 in Scotland and 25.6 in Wales. For mainstream independent primary schools the average class size was 16.1."
(Oh, and private schools also have more teachers per pupil.)
schoolsmith.co.uk/class-sizes/
(Oh, and private schools also have more teachers per pupil.)
schoolsmith.co.uk/class-sizes/
I would also expect them to have roomier classrooms, and better facilities. They'd be in an easy position to supply unlimited floods of hand sanitiser, for example, or to pay to step up cleaning regimes to biohazard standard. (I jest, but not much.)
