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| Traveller camp forces Birmingham school partial closure | Traveller camp forces Birmingham school partial closure |
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| A school has been forced to shut to most students after travellers set up camp in the car park. | A school has been forced to shut to most students after travellers set up camp in the car park. |
| Shenley Academy in Birmingham said members of the traveller community were "not willing to abide" by a 24-hour eviction notice it issued on Saturday. | |
| Principal Lucy Monk said the school was shut to Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 pupils. Older students were escorted on to the site by police and staff. | |
| She said the situation was "detrimental to the education of our students". | She said the situation was "detrimental to the education of our students". |
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| Mrs Monk added the move to shut "was certainly not a decision which has been taken lightly". | Mrs Monk added the move to shut "was certainly not a decision which has been taken lightly". |
| 'Further action' | |
| "I have been working with West Midlands Police throughout the weekend as this situation has unfolded, and I hope to be able to return the whole academy to a normal operation as quickly as possible this week," she said. | "I have been working with West Midlands Police throughout the weekend as this situation has unfolded, and I hope to be able to return the whole academy to a normal operation as quickly as possible this week," she said. |
| Mrs Monk said it was also working with the force and city council to take further legal action to remove the travellers "from the site as quickly as possible". | |
| The principal said teachers would set up work online for the pupils to do. | |
| The academy is open to pupils in Years 11, 12 and 13 who were told to avoid using the main entrance. | |
| "Students will not be allowed outside the school building throughout the school day," the school said. |