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What's the script with schools looking like maximum security prisons?

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Pyew · 20/11/2025 20:05

Is there some well-connected fence contractor who's hobbled Ofsted into telling schools they must spend money on Alcatraz makeovers while they can't afford pens or textbooks? It's all a bit OTT isn't it?

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FancyBiscuitsLevel · 20/11/2025 20:26

Insurance. Insurance requires adequate fencing and attempt to take reasonable steps to prevent theft or arson (arson in school holidays is a big problem for school buildings).

also safeguarding- they have to be able to control who is on site during the school day. It’s supposed to be hard to get into the area children are once they are in for the day in order to keep them safe. This is why you have to buzz to get in, can’t get past reception during the school day without someone releasing a door lock etc.

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Pyew · 20/11/2025 20:23

There's not many of them though is there. Really for most kids not having pens/books/playing fields/musical instruments has a bigger impact on them. On days when there are no knife wielding loonies ie every day bar one in a million, the fences make the environment less safe and more stressful as they limit and corral children's access and exits.

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CharnwoodFire · 20/11/2025 20:13

Not when you've got knife waving lunies who target schools