Farmer fury as daughter removed from school for wearing wellies in inheritance tax protest

The 2 girls wanted to amusement solidarity with protesting farmers (Image: Alice Hatt)

A parent has been near furious aft her daughters were kicked retired of schoolhouse for wearing wellies to amusement solidarity with protesting farmers.

Alice Hatt says she was near “fuming” and has vowed to instrumentality further enactment aft her daughters, aged 12 and 13, were driven by a teacher to a workplace that was not theirs and near unsupervised for 2 hours.

Ms Hatt who owns an 800-acre beef and sheep workplace successful Cornwall hopes to 1 time walk the workplace onto her daughters and had wanted to articulation successful with Tuesday’s protest against the removal of farmers exemption from inheritance tax but was incapable to marque it.

But daughters Kimberly, 12, and Pippa, 13 wanted to amusement solidarity with the thousands who made their mode to the Treasury successful cardinal London and chose to deterioration wellies arsenic galore children did crossed the country.

Ms Hatt told Cornwall Live: “The girls wanted to bash it and I was precise arrogant of them that they stood up for what they judge successful and they didn't backmost down.

Thousands took to London this week to protestation against the taxation (Image: Getty)

“However, aft astir an hr and a fractional I got a telephone telephone from the schoolhouse saying I needed to bring shoes successful for the girls. I told them we were retired TB investigating truthful couldn't get determination until the extremity of the day.

“I asked if they could conscionable deterioration wellies for 1 time to enactment farmers, but they said 'no, if they're not going to alteration their shoes, they're suspended'. So they enactment my 2 girls successful a car with a teacher who drove them to a workplace we workplace but don't unrecorded at.

“They didn't adjacent instrumentality them to the farmyard, they drove them halfway down the lane and near them determination for 2 hours unsupervised. It's virtually conscionable a workplace with animals and slurry pits - each the dangers that a workplace has.”

Ms Hatt says that aft 2 hours, a subordinate of unit from the schoolhouse picked the girls up and drove them location to the household farm.

She alleges that the girls had not been fixed luncheon earlier being removed from schoolhouse and had thing to devour until arriving location astatine astir 3pm.

It is alleged that the girls were suspended and taken to a deserted workplace by a teacher for 2 hours (Image: Alice Hatt)

She added: “Surely you person nary close to beryllium driving my children anyplace and leaving them unsupervised.”

The irony of the girls being incapable to protestation conscionable a twelvemonth after teachers staged their ain walkout was not mislaid connected the Hatt family.

Ms Hatt added: “The schoolhouse didn't similar it, adjacent though we had to enactment them erstwhile the teachers were protesting. My kids had 5 days disconnected schoolhouse past twelvemonth due to the fact that they were each up London protesting their pay. I find it precise hypocritical to beryllium honorable with you.”

Another mum took to Facebook to complain: “Don’t usage the excuse of schoolhouse argumentation arsenic they tin formal up for Children successful Need, Halloween and immoderate different foundation oregon clip that suits. I’m beauteous definite that this is 1 of the biggest things successful the state that needs to beryllium supported present and for the future, and radical request to beryllium educated astir the effects of farming and, God forbid, not having farmers.”

The Express.co.uk has contacted Sir James Smith's School and the Westcountry Schools Trust for comment.