Parents say they are 'disgusted' by a Bristol school’s new toilet arrangements that came into force this week. A letter was sent to all caregivers by Patchway Community School yesterday (November 29), outlining that unless 'urgent' toilets would only be open for the 15-minute morning break, at lunchtime and after school.
Prior to the changes only one set of student toilets was in operation, and the school says more toilets have now reopened to pupils - five sets of gender-neutral toilets, with each one designated to a particular year group. An extract from the letter from the school states that the new arrangements "are in response to the end of the pandemic" and are in line with other schools in the same multi-academy trust.
However, although there are toilets in reception that are open all day "if urgent", parents claim the five main toilet blocks are locked outside of the designated times, which they say is too restrictive. Concerned mum Lucy Cox told Bristol Live that the school has “failed” its students with regard to safeguarding and is worried the new arrangements will impact her teenage daughter. The part-time law student said: “It's disgusting. The way that the school is treating the kids is inhumane."
