Teacher bought Christmas gifts and dinner for cashstrapped family

Katrine Bussey

A teacher who bought a Christmas dinner and gifts for a family after their benefits were stopped has urged Scottish Government ministers to come to their school to see “how frontline services are being stretched to their limits”.

The guidance teacher revealed how they, together with the school’s deputy went to a supermarket after a tearful mother got in touch, saying she had no presents or food for her son.

In a letter to MSPS on Holyrood’s education committee, which is examining how poverty affects attainment and achievement at school, the teacher said: “I would love a government minister to come to my school and shadow me for a week.

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