ANGRY parents have lodged a formal complaint against a Chorley primary school after their son broke his foot in a playground accident.

David and Alice Tickle, of Ullswater Road, Chorley, were outraged after John, aged 11, claimed he had received no medical attention in school or been taken to hospital.

The youngster, a pupil of Duke Street CP School, Chorley, claimed he spent most of the day in class despite complaining to staff about the injury - sustained when he kicked a wall playing football at morning break.

When Mr Tickle, aged 41, picked John up from school he saw he was in pain and took him to hospital where an X-ray revealed a fractured foot.

After the Citizen exclusively reported the incident last week, the school sent an open letter to parents outlining procedures when a pupil was involved in an accident.

The letter explained children were questioned and examined by the teacher on duty and that if necessary every effort was made to contact parents.

It read: "In all such cases the school is guilty of erring on the cautious rather than ignoring accidents, even if the signs of injury are not apparent."

Mr Tickle said his son was 'crying his eyes out with pain' when he collected him from school after the boy started to walk home because his father was slightly late.

A spokesman for the school confirmed: "A formal complaint has been issued to the school. The letter will be forwarded to the Health and Safety Executive who will carry out an examination of both sides of the story."

A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "The normal procedure will be for a parent to complain to the school and it is only then if the parents are unhappy with the response that we will try to help them."

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