I could write more or less this entire comment, except that I didn't live in the same village as my school (technically school was in a town but it was half the size of my village, being a very old market town rather than an actual functioning modern town). I think we worked out once that no more than 7% of pupils were able to walk to school, and that included those coming from half a mile outside the town along a major bridleway. My village primary, before that, closed very rarely because the deputy head lived on the grounds, two of the teachers lived 20 yards from the gate, and most of the rest could walk in unless it was very bad. smallclanger's school - while open today unlike many in this county - suffers rather from half the pupils arriving by bus or car and all but 2 of the teachers unable to walk in because they live at such distance.
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My village primary, before that, closed very rarely because the deputy head lived on the grounds, two of the teachers lived 20 yards from the gate, and most of the rest could walk in unless it was very bad.