Pupils queue for their entire lunch break at new £40MILLION super school – and STILL go hungry
Anger of pupils' families as students go without food at Baglan Bay high school in Neath, South Wales
PUPILS hit by monster canteen queues at a new £40m super school were forced to go back to classes having eaten nothing.
Hundreds of children spent a fruitless hour waiting for lunch before going returning to lessons on an empty stomach.
Pupils' families have slammed staff at Baglan Bay high school in Neath, South Wales, for the blunder.
One grandmother said: "The queue went out of the dining hall and all the way outside.
"To make things worse the older pupils pushed in ─ and before he was served, dinner hour had finished so he had to go without food.
"My grandson said that there wasn't any hot food left during break time in the morning because there were so many pupils queuing.
"I am quite annoyed that they can spend all these millions on a new school and not get the dining requirements right."
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Pupils can pay for their food using a biometric system where their fingerprints are scanned.
The school said “some initial adjustments need to be made” in their four canteens.
A spokesman said: "We are also improving our queueing systems, we are opening up the bigger hall to make more space, staggering lunch to ease congestion and improving our information to pupils so that they are better informed about what is on offer in each canteen.
"We have lots of staff on duty, please ask pupils to bring any concerns to them."
Head teacher Mike Tate said: "Whilst as might be expected in the first few days of any brand new facility, some initial adjustments need to be made."
"This week we have also implemented biometric and cashless payment. This, as with any new initiative, will take a short while to bed in."
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