Students are being made to feel ‘intense discomfort’ by having toilet doors removed in schools and colleges, it has been claimed. BirminghamLive reported that complaints had been made in a letter sent to a number of academies and schools in the city.
According to the Birmingham Young Conservatives the removal of toilet doors “results in heightened levels of distress and anxiety” leading to students avoiding the use of the facilities. In one instance at Fairfax School in Sutton Coldfield around 50 Fairfax Academy students and alumni signed the letter addressed to headteacher Sean Castle.
In a video posted on his Twitter page earlier this year, Mr Castle said the outer and inner doors for the boys and girls toilets were removed to stop pupils from congregating inside and missing lessons. This he said was done for “student safety and safeguarding”, while the toilet cubicles remain with doors as normal.
