By Amy Oliver PUBLISHED: 05:09 EST, 13 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:48 EST, 13 June 2012 Comparison: Bernie Attridge, Flintshire County Council deputy leader, said closing the school would save £119,328 per year A Labour councillor has said pupils from one of Britain's smallest schools may as well be sent to Eton with the money it costs to run the establishment. Ysgol Rhes y Cae, which has just nine pupils, costs Flintshire County Council more than £14,000 per pupil, per year or £126,000 per year. It now wants to close the school in north-east Wales to save money. Bernie Attridge, council deputy leader said while no-one wanted to see any school closed, 'with the money that would be saved we may as well send each child to Eton'.
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It costs Flintshire County Council around £126,000 per year to run Ysgol Rhes y Cae school
In the past two years the number of children attending the @placeholder school, which has room for 45 pupils, has almost halved.