The safety and care of its children is a "priority" and a "robust" set of behaviour policies and procedures is in place, the school has said. It added that claims of inappropriate conduct are treated "extremely seriously" and violence would never be accepted.

The father of a teenager who claims he was hounded out of school by bullies has now alleged he faces 'threats of fines' because his son has been missing lessons.

Wojciech Krysinski, 13, was told by a medic that the circumstances at school "poses a serious risk to his mental health" and was urged to seek alternative education. The guidance followed reports that the schoolboy, from Bootle, had endured a series of "unprovoked" hate crimes and racial harassment incidents by fellow pupils at Maricourt Catholic High School in Maghull,

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