Parents at a school in Greater Manchester have been warned they will be reported to police if they continue to break coronavirus rules.

A frustrated headteacher issued the warning after saying the hard work of staff is being "compromised".

Parents with children at Springside Primary in Bury received a stern letter earlier this week, before the region was put under even stricter Tier 3 rules.

Headteacher Gillian Thornicroft said that "despite the many letters and reminders sent to parents' there have been 'daily examples of people who are not following the rules", the Manchester Evening News reports.

Among the rulebreaking highlighted was parents arranging birthday parties and sleepovers for their kids.
The fed-up head said she would call police on rulebreakers (
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Vincent Cole Manchester Evening News)

The letter listed the following examples:

  • Children going to each other’s houses for tea
  • Children going to other houses for ‘sleep overs’
  • Parents arranging children’s birthday parties
  • Children who have been told to isolate playing out with other children or going shopping with parents
  • Household members where we know there is a positive case being seen in public places such as supermarkets

She told parents: "School staff have been working really hard to make sure we keep the school as safe as possible for your children and our staff.

"Unfortunately we feel that this is being compromised by people outside school not following the guidelines.

"Some of my own staff are also having to self-isolate in their own homes and it is not acceptable to hear that a small number of children and their families are not self-isolating correctly when they have been asked to do so."
People who flout lockdown rules were accused of compromising the good work of staff (
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Vincent Cole Manchester Evening News)

Telling families they were 'putting people in the wider community at risk' she said she wanted to remind them of the guidelines published by the government and that people can be fined for failing to follow the rules.

Miss Thornicroft said she would take matters further if necessary.

Her letter added: "Following a meeting with the local authority and other head teachers on Friday last week, it was agreed that if we are aware of people who are not following the guidelines, we will ring parents or carers to discuss the issue but we may also report people to the police."