School puts boy with broken arm in isolation for not wearing blazer

A mother claims her 12-year-old son was punished for not wearing a school blazer over his broken arm during an Ofsted inspection.

Julie Button said Robin was put in isolation for a day because he arrived at Dagenham Park Church of England School without his full uniform. All pupils at the Essex school had been told blazers had to be worn during the inspection.

Ms Button, 46, said: "People from Ofsted are not stupid. If you look at someone and his arm is in plaster, you are going to understand why they are not in full uniform."

A spokesman for Barking and Dagenham, which runs the school, said: "The head has spoken to the mum and she is going to see him."