One toilet per 60 children: Sydney's most overcrowded schools revealed

By Inga Ting, Alexandra Smith and Pallavi Singhal
Updated May 13 2017 - 9:43am, first published April 13 2017 - 9:02pm
NEWS: School overcrowding Chatswood Public School students and parents outside their school.  Chatswood is about 400 students over capacity and expecting another 300 over the next three years. The school's been split into a main campus and a 'bush campus' at the high school across the road. The government hasn't promised the school any extra infrastructure or provided funding.. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 6th April 2017. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NEWS: School overcrowding Chatswood Public School students and parents outside their school. Chatswood is about 400 students over capacity and expecting another 300 over the next three years. The school's been split into a main campus and a 'bush campus' at the high school across the road. The government hasn't promised the school any extra infrastructure or provided funding.. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 6th April 2017. Photo: Edwina Pickles

There are 60 girls to a toilet at Chatswood Public School, children access the playground in shifts, and one-third of the school has been moved to high school land across the road, according to parents.

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