The children of the poor
did not go to school at all in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign.
They went out to work as soon as they were old enough to help bring in
money to feed the family.
The children of the wealthier landowners
and businessmen were taught at home or sent to local private schools.
By the end of the Victorian age free schools
had been set up and all children had to go to school.
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