Overview
- An Education Authority statement on January 14 said the school is focused on a safe environment and uses restorative practices.
- Most parents of the suspended pupils have filed an official complaint to the board of governors challenging the principal’s conduct and terminology.
- The principal issued one-day suspensions on January 9 following an alleged January 8 assembly incident and phoned each family to inform them.
- School emails describe months of disruptive behaviour toward staff, with some female and supply teachers reportedly distressed or refusing to teach.
- Pupils were asked to write reflective notes, and the school has offered one‑to‑one parent meetings, with no further disciplinary outcome disclosed.