Class size crisis could spark legal pay-outs

SECONDARY schools could face significant legal costs if insurance firms decide to strip them of cover because chronic overcrowding levels are breaching Government safety guidelines.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) has heard schools with more than 30 pupils per class are facing the potential situation because of the lack of teachers being employed.

Speaking on the second day of the union’s annual conference in Cork, Drogheda branch secretary Kevin Brogan warned that insurance firms could decide to pull out of covering schools over the issue.