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Georgia Meadows

Jarrow primary school blasted over 'unfair' reward system after pupils given ice creams for full attendance during pandemic

Parents have been left furious over a school's 'unfair' decision to hand ice cream out to children who had 100% attendance last term.

Children at Bede Burn School, Jarrow, were reportedly crying over the primary school's attendance reward system, which sees pupils who had full attendance last term a free ice cream, provided by a ice cream van which came onto school grounds.

Mum-of-two Gabrielle Houston, whose children attend Bede Burn, said the incident had left her eight-year-old son 'in tears' at school pick-up on Friday, January 21.

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