Two-year-old Helena was taking part in a role play hairdressing session at her Battersea nursery when her hair was clipped by another child last week. She was uninjured.
The manager of Destiny Kids Nursery in London has now been suspended on full pay and a further member of staff called in for a disciplinary hearing.
Helena’s mum, Julie Muir, told Nursery World, ‘I was absolutely disgusted that my two year old’s head had been shaven at nursery, and that no one called me to let me know. I was really angry.’
In a Facebook post which has been shared 6,400 times, she said, ‘Look what happened to my baby at nursery !! …Apparently they risk assessed this as safe to play with under 4s!...Words fail us as you can imagine.’
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