'Wear more clothes if it's cold,' schools told as energy bills rise
Adding the EA should "look at other ways of saving in schools".Meanwhile, Emma Quinn from Rathcoole Primary told BBC Good Morning Ulster that the "lack of maintenance" has an impact on schools, adding that pupils have a right to come into a warm school after being outside. "Putting this pressure onto us at the minute is ridiculous, when we are eco schools, we are doing all of these, we are turning off lights, but yet this lands in on our doorstep.
- ▪Adding the EA should "look at other ways of saving in schools".Meanwhile, Emma Quinn from Rathcoole Primary told BBC Good Morning Ulster that the "lack of maintenance" has an impact on schools, adding that pupils have a right to come into a
- ▪"Putting this pressure onto us at the minute is ridiculous, when we are eco schools, we are doing all of these, we are turning off lights, but yet this lands in on our doorstep.
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No child should have to learn in a cold classroom - children's commissionerImage caption, Chris Quinn has criticised the suggestion that children should have to wear more clothesByRobbie Meredith, Education and arts correspondent and Aimee Bell, BBC News NIPublished7 October 2026, 06:33 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoNo child should be expected to learn in a cold classroom because of budget pressures, according to Northern Ireland's commissioner for children.Chris Quinn was speaking after it emerged that staff and pupils at schools across Northern Ireland have been told to "wear more clothes" to cut heating bills.Schools have been told by the Education Authority (EA) that increasing costs will affect school energy bills and to reduce heating and lighting "wherever possible".Quinn said: "Children…
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