Custard Compo Crisis

smithdown · May 16, 2011

A PUPIL received £750 by successfully suing a Merseyside school after being splashed with custard.

Another Merseyside child was awarded more than £6,000 for falling off a school chair – an ECHO investigation has found.

Thousands more were paid out in the past two years for playground trips. And one student got £3,000 after being “accidentally kicked in the face”.

Today concerned education officials said schools had an “impossible job” in the current compensation culture.

And one headteacher said the threat of a claim meant he had to put up warning signs every time it rained.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we asked Merseyside councils to release details of successful compensation claims brought against schools on behalf of pupils.

And of those that could provide figures Knowsley council forked out most in compensation claims.

More than £50,000 was paid to pupils’ families in the borough between 2008 and 2010.

Successful claims included £750 for a pupil whose arm was burned by spilt custard, £3,000 for a child accidentally kicked in the face and a student who tripped over an “unmarked ramp” was given £350.

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We're all doomed!

Tosh · May 16, 2011

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