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Playing fields sold off, swimming pools closed down – state-school children don’t have a sporting chance
It was during the worst months of Covid that the playing fields of Eton and the vast grounds owned by hundreds of other private schools first became a matter of serious public concern. Social-distancing rules meant many children attending state schools …