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Furious parents have hit out after pupils at £42,500-a-year Eton College were forced into self-isolation measures this week after an outbreak of Covid cases.
Approximately 50 students were told to remain in their boarding houses for 48 hours as they were switched over to remote learning sessions at the start of the week.
All pupils were expected to wear face coverings and take daily Covid tests, as assemblies and chapel services were cancelled until the end of the week.
'Appalled' parents slammed the school for implementing a 'two-tier society' and imposing drastic measures that are no longer seen in other parts of society.
It comes as bosses at the historic boarding school wrote to parents earlier this week warning of 'a rise in the number of boys testing positive for Covid-19 in school'.
The college explained that one boarding house was self-isolating - with pupils free to go to their own separate garden, gym or return home if needed.
