A school trip to Paris was cancelled just 24 hours before 138 teenagers were set to leave for France. The trip for Year Eight pupils had been planned for a year and the cancellation left some of the 13-year-olds in tears.
The pupils were due to leave on the £500 trip at 11pm on Thursday, but was contacted by travel company, PGL, at 9.30am on Wedmnesday which said they had been unable to secure coaches for the trip. Headteacher Michael Mullins, in a letter to parents, wrote: "This is an extremely difficult letter to write given the timeframe we have been provided to communicate this information to you. I am so sorry to have to inform you that this morning at 9.30am we were told by our tour operator, PGL, that they are unable to honour their obligation to run the trip to France which was due to depart tomorrow evening.
"I cannot put in to words how angry I am that the company have left this announcement until the 11th hour to inform school of this decision. It appears that they have chased profit over practicalities and placed the school in an impossible position.
