A mum claims that her daughter is being punished for her mental health issues after she was banned from her school prom by education bosses.
Angela Downes' daughter Holly-Jo Memory has been diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, emotional dysregulation and a history of trauma. She takes medication for all three and has attended cognitive behavioural therapy for help with her issues.
But her school, Noel-Baker Academy, says that the 16-year-old does not deserve the "reward and privilege" of attending her prom on June 24. Speaking to Derbyshire Live, Angela said her daughter had been "discriminated against" for feeling unable to cope with going to school.
