A MUM was left shocked and horrified after her five-year-old son turned up at her doorstep after being allowed to wander out of school. Victoria, from Coventry, says her young son walked out of the school gates and crossed a busy road on his own. She claims after he arrived home she saw several teachers […]
A MUM was left shocked and horrified after her five-year-old son turned up at her doorstep after being allowed to wander out of school.
Victoria, from Coventry, says her young son walked out of the school gates and crossed a busy road on his own.
She claims after he arrived home she saw several teachers out and about searching for him.
The worried mum told Coventry Live: “The pick-up time for my children at school is about 3.20pm, so at around 3pm I was getting ready to go and collect them.
“At around 3.05pm I heard banging on the door, so I told them to stop knocking as I was coming to open it.
“When I opened the door, there was my five-year-old son, just standing in the doorway.
“When I asked him why he was home, he told me the teacher had let him come back.
“So I brought him inside and carried on getting ready to go and collect my other children.”
Victoria says the walk from the school takes two minutes, but to get home he would have crossed a busy road.
And she claims it’s not the first time there has been a blunder at Charter Primary School.
She explained: “I found out today that last week there was another child that ran away from the school, an older child. This is an ongoing issue.”
Headteacher Louise Stewart said: “We take the safety of all of our pupils seriously at our school.
“We are aware of the incident on Tuesday, and our staff responded immediately to ensure that no pupils were endangered at any time.
“However, in response to this we have reviewed our collection procedures and will be adjusting them to prevent any similar incidents recurring.”
