According to recent figures, nearly £3 million was paid to school children and their parents last year due to compensation claims made for injuries sustained while in school grounds.
This equates to more than £7,500 paid each day in compensation, £1 million more than was paid out in 2007.
Some of the injury compensation payouts are for innocuous accidents, such as the pupil from Derbyshire who was injured during Games and received £35,000 personal injury compensation.
A child in Suffolk was paid £9,000 when he was struck by a calculator, chipping one of his teeth.
Perhaps the most ridiculous claim was when a pupil in Fulham was paid £800 after he was struck by a lollypop that had been thrown to him by a teacher.
Susie Squire, a member of the Tax Payers’ Alliance, stated:
While no doubt some of these claims are legitimate it’s bonkers that many kids are getting cash just for falling over in the playground.
Each claim needs to be more carefully evaluated.
These claims are costing the education authority a substantial amount each year, which in turn affects the standard of education our children are receiving.
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