Pain in the class
Daily Star Sunday|December 10, 2023
COUNCILS last year paid out £1.8million compensation to children injured while at school.
MATT DAVIS
Pain in the class

And experts believe the total bill will be nearer £4m once legal costs are taken into account. One child got £36,730 from Lancashire County Council after being hurt during a PE

lesson, while Hertfordshire Council paid £30k to a kid who crashed into a fence at a sports day.

This story is from the December 10, 2023 edition of Daily Star Sunday.

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