School forced children to eat Christmas lunch on FLOOR then REMOVED them in Covid row, mother says

A Berkshire faculty compelled two youngsters to eat their Christmas lunch on a hall flooring after a row with their mother and father over when to return to high school, a mom has claimed.

Andrea Roberson from Newbury has accused John Rankin Junior College of failing to safeguard her youngsters aged eight and 10 who returned to high school after catching Covid.

The mother-of-two is now threatening authorized motion after the 2 pupils had been taken off the varsity register two days earlier than the top of time period amid the dispute, having to observe their mates in celebration hats have fun close by.

Ms Roberson claims that they had been off for 10 days, however after dropping them off upon their return, she was advised to come back again and gather them.

The varsity mentioned they need to have been off for an additional day, and headmaster Felix Rayner knowledgeable her the youngsters had been faraway from the register, she mentioned.

‘It is a disgusting strategy to deal with youngsters,’ mentioned Ms Roberson. ‘They had been left in a hall, and needed to eat their Christmas dinner on the ground. They even needed to watch different youngsters stroll previous of their celebration hats.’

Ms Roberson mentioned she fired off an e mail in frustration saying the youngsters wouldn’t be coming again to the varsity.

‘I by no means meant perpetually,’ she mentioned. ‘I simply meant till the next time period as there have been solely two days to go of that time period.

‘I wrote a number of different emails, however they had been all ignored, and all I bought was an e mail from the headteacher, who I’ve by no means spoken to in any respect, saying that they had been faraway from the roll.

‘This isn’t proper. How can they resolve that so shortly with out even checking first?’

In a press release the senior management at John Rankin mentioned: ‘Relating to taking youngsters off roll. We solely do that when advised by mother and father that their youngsters is not going to be returning to the varsity.

‘We take safeguarding very severely; our most up-to-date Ofsted report highlights a robust tradition on this space.

‘We’d not touch upon particular person households or circumstances, however like all faculties at this present time we’re working arduous to maintain John Rankin open and secure to all our households.

The mother-of-two is now threatening authorized motion after the 2 pupils had been taken off the varsity register two days earlier than the top of time period. College pictured

‘With such excessive ranges of Covid that is more and more troublesome. In conditions relating to isolation durations we’ve got adopted authorities tips. When there’s a question, we take recommendation from our colleagues at West Berkshire Council.’

Ms Roberson mentioned she discovered the shortage of communication together with her ‘disgraceful’, and mentioned, tearfully: ‘I’m simply attempting to make a brand new life right here. As an alternative, we’ve got been put by means of such horrible stress.

‘The kids have been apprehensive throughout Christmas that they haven’t any faculty to go to.’

In a press release, West Berkshire Council mentioned: ‘We aren’t capable of focus on or touch upon particular person circumstances which ought to be resolved through the varsity’s formal complaints process.

‘College locations can be found in Newbury within the related age teams and our admissions crew is all the time prepared to help mother and father to find a spot for his or her youngsters, the place acceptable on the identical faculty. We take any safeguarding issues severely and can all the time examine to ascertain the information.’

The kids have since been supplied a spot at one other Newbury faculty.