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Theft at Priory School

On 21 Oct 2016 at 11:14pm TDA wrote:

My 12 year old son has had two coats stolen in 3 days at Priory, while he was doing P.E.
Rang the school who said they would look into it; no word back, it's half term now so not expecting any luck.
Bit gutted actually - �60 gone just like that.
Has anyone had any similar experiences? Noticed a couple of unfamiliar coats at home? Should we report to police?
If anyone has any info would be happy to arrange return on here, no questions asked. Just want our items back - winter's on its way, etc.

On 22 Oct 2016 at 12:18am Local wrote:

Extraordinary.

On 22 Oct 2016 at 1:17am Dexter wrote:

Sorry. It's horrible to think that some lazy-arse parents are sitting there looking at your stuff, their children learn from them. The school could have be rmore sympathetic and it speaks volumes of Priory School that no-one has been in touch.

On 22 Oct 2016 at 9:39am TDA wrote:

Not extraordinary Local, just gutting, wrong and frustrating.

On 22 Oct 2016 at 3:03pm Stranger danger wrote:

This happens all the time, most of the time kids take them innocently thinking it's their own as uniform looks so similar. The school must get 100's of complaints each year thinking here we go again! Best thing to do is for the kids to wear a pin badge on their blazer or jumper (for example the small metal poppy badge or small metal Marie curie badge) these will make jackets or jumpers more distinguishable to the kids when they are taking them off the hooks.

On 22 Oct 2016 at 7:11pm TDA wrote:

Good point SD but these were coats, not uniform.

On 5 Nov 2016 at 1:52am Tda wrote:

I can happily report that my son's coats have been found in the school. Whether they were returned by a guilty thief or just lost by my child is a mystery and will remain so, probably forever.
Children eh...