AN OUTRAGED parent wants answers from Commonweal School about their exclusion policy after alleging that three pupils caught smoking cannabis were allowed to return to class just two days later.

The mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the incident happened last Thursday with the three pupils in question being escorted from the school grounds.

But on Monday were they back on the school grounds – making the mum wonder what Commonweal have done to punish them.

“They were taken out of lessons and the students were then allowed to come back into school on Monday,” she said.

“My child is in a young age group and even they know the ‘courts’ is where pupils go to smoke throughout the day, whether it is tobacco or cannabis.

“Realistically, if children see that it is being doing again and again and they are getting away with it, then they will continue to do it.“I’m sure the kids don’t see having the day of as punishment but more of a lie-in before going back to school like normal.”

Wiltshire Police confirmed they visited the school following the incident last week but a spokesman added that the matter was being dealt with internally at the school.

In February, revelations came to light about drug-taking pupils after a member of staff called for police sniffer dogs to visit the grounds to catch out students walking into class high and hiding drugs in their underwear.

Undercover police patrols were carried out in the area and at the time, Commonweal headteacher Keith Defter said the school took the necessary action when drug-taking had been brought to their attention.

“Considering a couple of months back I read about how they wanted to improve the school’s issues, as a parent, this is concerning that they still do allow this to take place and allow them back into the school grounds just a couple days later,” she added.

“The school needs to do something because children shouldn’t be able to get onto the school grounds with drugs. It is obviously a concerning issue for any parent because you hear stories about them smoking it.

“It seems to me that there is a generation of kids who do not seem to see that cannabis is anything major but a lot of the time, it can lead to other drugs. It begs the question whether they are doing enough to get the issue of drugs out to the pupils.”

A representative from Commonweal School was unable to comment at the time of going to print.