An 'aggressive' mum has been banned from entering her son's primary school for three months after she threatened to 'drag the dinner lady out'. Kerry Riley stormed into Knutton St Mary's Academy and called the headteacher 'a few names under the sun'.
The following day, the 29-year-old went to the school to apologise to staff while she dropped eight-year-old Tjay off but was told she was not 'allowed on the premises'. The mother was sent an email by the school that said her 'aggressive manner, threatening language and swearing' was a cause for 'concern'.
Tjay is now off school despite staff making arrangements for him to be collected at the gate, Birmingham Mail reports. Kerry said it's her responsibility that her son gets into school safely and while he's 'upset' he can't be around his friends, he won't be returning till she can drop him off.
Kerry, from Silverdale, said: “I told the headteacher that he had the rest of the week to sort things out or I would end up dragging the dinner lady out myself. I did call him a few names under the sun.
"When I went into school the next morning he then pulled me aside. He said: ‘You’ve not received your email, you’re not allowed on the premises'."
Kerry added: “They're classing it as a threat that I had stated I would 'pull her out of school myself'. I was thinking it was a joke. I have issues with this dinner lady.
“I’d previously spoken to them nicely about it and they had made a verbal agreement. The school basically agreed that they would keep her away from him.
"Then, he came out on two separate days saying she’d approached him and spoken to him.” The eight year-old is now missing out on his education as Kerry is banned from entering the premises herself and refuses to make other arrangements.
She said: “It’s one of them, he’s my son, he’s my responsibility to make sure he goes in. You can’t see the door that he goes in and out of.
"My son’s currently not in school. I‘m a single parent. At the minute he’s missing out on school. He got upset this morning, he’s upset about not being around his friends.”
Knutton St Mary's Academy has issued a statement after the incident as they refuse to back down on their decision.
Headteacher Paul Berridge said: "As a rule, we do not usually comment on individual cases. However, I wish to reassure you that we take the safeguarding of pupils very seriously at Knutton St Mary’s.
"What we are not prepared to accept is threats of physical violence and inappropriate abusive language towards staff. In such situations a banning order may be issued to a parent.
"Separate arrangements are made to ensure the child can continue to be brought to school and dropped off and picked up at the gate, as is the case in this instance."
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