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I'm all for any policy that encourages reading among the young, but I am frankly astonished that Rachel Reeves has promised to provide a library for every primary school in England; I say astonished because apparently 1,700 primary schools DO NOT have a library.

How has this happened? A school without a library?????

I knew the Tories had f**ked up the education system, but even though I though I could not longer be shocked by their callousness, I am!

#schools #books
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/rachel-reeves-pledges-a-library-in-every-primary-school-in-england

the Guardian

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

Ben Delarre

@bendelarre@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@ChrisMayLA6 I'm shocked and dismayed.

When I was a kid I joined a primary school that had 29 kids in its entire cohort. My parents were thanked for increasing the population by 10% when my two brothers followed.

That school wasn't equipped to teach all its pupils. Especially a precocious tech obsessed 8yr old like me. Between the solitary BBC Micro and the small library I gave myself an education beyond any they could have provided me.

Libraries are the 1st thing any school should have.

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