School warns parents, park badly outside and we'll expel your children

A Christian Academy has warned parents that their children could be expelled if they repeatedly break parking rules around the school site.

Bede Primary Academy in Northumberland brought in a "three strikes and you're out" rule as a "last resort" for persistent offenders.

But the move contravenes government guidance on the use of expulsions.

Local councillor Barrie Crowther said: "The sins of the father should not be visited on the child."

The school in Blyth is part of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation which follows a traditional Christian ethos based on the Bible.

Part of this is that pupils respect other people and uphold the law, a spokeswoman said. She said there had been a very long and persistent problem of parents breaching parking rules when they dropped off their children and that they were not setting the right kind of example.