School

Many children in Victorian times never went to school at all and more than half of them grew up unable to read or write. Children from rich were luckier than poor children because they had a governess to teach them at home. By the end of the Victorian age all children under 12 had to go to school. Young children would go to a dame school run by the local woman in a room in her house. Older children went to schools run by the church. Often there were over 100 children in one class. Children were often scared of their teachers because they were very strict.If a pupil behaved badly he would be canned until he bled.