Two schoolgirls excluded after ‘taking ecstasy in the toilets on the day David Cameron visited’
Teenagers said to have taken drugs hours before PM visited to campaign on EU vote
TWO schoolgirls have been suspended after being accused of taking ECSTASY in the toilets on the day David Cameron visited their school.
Police were called to The Warriner School, in the leafy Oxfordshire village of Bloxham, after pupils became concerned about the girls.
Thew girls are said to have taken the drugs in the toilets while other youngsters competed in the school sports day on the morning of June 22.
Later in the afternoon, the then-Prime Minister visited the school as he campaigned for a Remain vote just 24 hours before the EU referendum.
Cameron was greeted by children at the school - which is on the edge of the Cotswolds not far from his Witney constituency - at around 4.30pm.
The girls, believed to be in their early to mid teens, were quizzed by police and may be expelled.
Headteacher Dr Annabel Kay said she believed the drug was bought at the Adderbury Party in the Park, a community festival held the previous weekend.
She said: "It was reported by students who were concerned about the girls.
"There was no clarity about what had happened so we handed it to the police. They have interviewed one girl and are yet to interview a second.
"The students are out of school while we investigate. I do not know if these pupils will be back next term.
"I will not tolerate any students who think they can bring drugs to school and they know they may be permanently excluded if they do.
"We have asked the police to conclude their investigation as soon as possible but they work at their own pace."
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Dr Kay said the festival season meant drugs are easier to buy and readily available to youngsters.
She added: "We do, and will continue to, give as much drugs education as we can.
"We push the whole safeguarding agenda as hard as possible.
"We educate about child sexual exploitation and our children are ambassadors for anti-bullying.
"Drugs are part of our Personal Health and Self Education programme; it's more important than exams."
"We want to make parents aware. They sometimes think it's 'not my child' but the risks can happen to any child."
One parent said drug problems amongst teenagers living in upmarket Oxfordshire villages has escalated in the past few years.
The mum-of-two, who did not wish to be named, said: "I'm not surprised this happened. It has always been a high-performing respectable school but in the last few years it has changed.
"It's no longer a case of having a cigarette behind the bike shed or a drink in the park - these teenagers are getting hold of hard drugs in the playground.
"The Adderbury Festival is a nice little community event for local bands, its hardly like Reading or Leeds where you expected drug-taking.
"These are not areas you would associate with Class-A drug taking but its becoming easier to get hold of.
"I moved to Bloxham to get away from the city life, where I thought there would be bad influences, but even on the fringes of the Cotswolds we are seeing the same thing."
The Warriner School is a mixed secondary school which has 1,114 pupils aged between 11-18 and was rated good at its last Ofsted inspection in November 2014.
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