Two top £11,000-a-year independent schools have sparked outrage among parents by organising a Christmas trip to west Africa – just 400 miles from the deadly Ebola zone where even doctors have decided it is too dangerous to visit. Teachers are facing a backlash from parents after arranging the trip to The Gambia for 25 pupils from Cheadle Hulme School in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and Withington Girls' School, in Fallowfield, Manchester. Parents are now urging the school to 'see sense' and cancel the week-long excursion, which costs £700 per pupil, branding it 'unnecessary' and 'very dangerous'. Scroll down for video Teachers are facing a backlash from parents after arranging a trip to The Gambia, west Africa for 25 pupils from Cheadle Hulme School in Stockport (pictured), and Withington Girls' School, in Fallowfield, Manchester
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Pupils from two top Greater Manchester schools set to visit west Africa
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Cheadle Hulme and Withington Girls' schools planning trip to The Gambia
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Parents are urging schools to 'see sense' and cancel visit amid Ebola fears
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Country is just 400 miles from worst hit areas including Liberia and Guinea
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Ebola death toll now stands at  almost 7,000 and more than 16,000 infected
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