School shames parents over children 'walking barefoot for miles to get to class’

A mum has clapped back at a school's 'disgusting' letter to parents after "many" children didn't turn up during Storm Franklin.

The letter was sent out to parents by All Saints Catholic Primary School in Bootle, Merseyside on Monday, February 21 shortly after Storm Franklin brought winds of up to 70mph to the area.

It stated how it was "staggering" how "many" children didn't attend school during the extreme weather, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The letter read: "Welcome back to a new half term to all who returned to school this morning. It was lovely to see our children excitedly reunite with their friends and with staff.

"Unfortunately, we have many children absent today, not because of Covid or other illnesses but apparently because of the wind!

"I have to say I find this staggering, not least because most live in very close proximity to school.

"Given the amount of pre-school and school experiences that our children have already missed in the last two years, missing a whole day's learning today is unacceptable.

"For staff, many of whom travelled considerable distances here this morning, eager to introduce new learning topics to their class, it is incredibly frustrating."

The letter went on to speak about how they were "in awe" when seeing photographs of children walking barefoot to school "for miles" or "clambering over rubble past bombed out ruins".

The letter continued: "I'm always in awe when I see photographs of children and parents around the world who value education so dearly that they walk barefoot for miles or clamber over rubble, past bombed out ruins, in order to get to school.

"I wonder what they might make of our attendance rates in school today."

A mum, whose child attends the school, called the letter