
You might think "This seems obvious so what is the reason for mentioning it ?"
The year six children from Preparatory and other Independent schools will reply that their new school or college does indeed have an active chess club (I probably knew that anyway) but the children from state schools will be disappointed to tell me that their new school does not have a chess club nor does it have an interest in chess and for that reason they will probably give up playing.

I've suggested that they talk to their new form teacher and ask for help in starting a club. How successful this is depends on how well motivated the child is.
The question is this...
Does this above "problem" really matter and, if it does, what can the chess community that cares do about it ?