Dear Gavin Williamson, how that strange prisons have to have a library but schools do not | Michael Rosen

A new report shows one in eight schools has no library – and it affects the poorest children most

Did you see the report on school libraries that came out last week? The headline facts are worrying, don’t you think?

Schools with a higher proportion of children on free school meals are more than twice as likely not to have access to a designated library space. One in eight schools has no library at all.

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