A parents at a Welsh school has expressed anger and concern at new rules surrounding pupils' trips to the loo during the school day - and labelled them a "gross invasion of students' privacy". The parent, who asked not to be named, said they were "appalled" at the "level of surveillance and intrusion" into students' personal lives at Olchfa School in Swansea.
But staff at the secondary school, the biggest in the city, said the new rules introduced were merely "temporary measures" aimed at stopping a "small number" of students from abusing the recently renovated toilet facilities, and did not include inappropriate levels of scrutiny or supervision.
The school said the measures had been introduced to ensure the toilets were safe spaces for all students to use. You can get the biggest Swansea news stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
