Well, You're Well Placed To Talk About 'Divisiveness'...

A newly retired head teacher says some school children will be "blighted" by time away from the classroom during the pandemic.

Really? Well, at least they won't be indoctrinated, so maybe we'll chalk it up as a draw? 

The former head believes the attainment gap will widen between children from a disadvantaged background, and more privileged ones, as more families struggle through the pandemic.

She said: "There are individual success stories but generally we haven't closed that attainment gap so we have to consider what's behind this and we know it's down to poverty.

"If you think about what's happening now our country is even more divided in terms of haves and have nots through this pandemic, increased number of people finding it difficult to make ends meet, all the strain that puts on families, so it will be an even bigger problem."

She's really fired up by 'division', isn't she? Say....does her name seem familiar to you? 

In 2019 she appeared on TV, on This Morning to defend her decision to ban children from handing out sweets on their birthday, a story which was also picked up by numerous national papers.

Ah. Say no more. The lady so concerned with divisiveness she decided to introduce a bit more.