Parents have compared their children’s school to ‘a military base’ after 25 pupils were suspended during the first week of term following the arrival of a new headteacher.
Dan Jeffries, the new Interim Principal at Frome Community College, Somerset, said he stands by all 25 suspensions, which he said were for ‘persistent disruption’.
But parents have said they are ‘outraged’ after their children were suspended for reasons including ‘zipping their bag too loudly’ and ‘looking out of a window’.
One parent, Natalie Morris, said her daughter was suspended during her first week for ‘nervously laughing’.
She said: ‘She has SEND [special educational needs and
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