Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Andy Leary-May, who is leading the group of parents and former teachers, photographed at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy in Hackney, East London. Photograph: Sonja Horsman/The Observer

Parents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental health, with teachers humiliating and “screaming” at pupils, and have urged the local authority to exercise extraordinary powers to intervene.

A group of nearly 30 parents and former teachers has spoken out about treatment of children at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy (MVPA) in Hackney.