Head sends U-R-Xpelled text to pupil

A 10-year-old boy has been expelled by his headmaster via a text message.

Meshack Bennett was informed of his exclusion from Cheam Common Junior School when his mother received the text. Naomi Bennett, 32, said: "I was shocked that the school would send me a text message about something like that."

Teachers claim her son is disruptive but she says he is the victim of racist abuse.

Last month Meshack's alleged bad behaviour led teachers to give him a letter for his mother, explaining that he had been excluded. However, he never handed her the note so the school sent her the text.

A spokesman for Sutton Borough Council said of the message: "The school felt it was a last-ditch attempt."