HC Deb 26 July 1950 vol 478 cc92-3W
171. Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Education in what circumstances Miss J. E. Humphrey was expelled from Barking Abbey School.

Mr. Tomlinson

Jean Humphrey was not expelled from the Barking Abbey County Secondary School, Ilford. She was suspended because she was absent without leave and had, it was understood, no valid excuse for being away from school. In taking this action the headmaster acted with the cognisance of the chairman of the school governors, and in exercise of powers conferred upon him by the School's articles of government, which I approved in August, 1948. His action was subsequently endorsed by the governing body and by the Ilford Education Committee.