A mum has pulled her son out of school after a row over him missing lunch because he took too long on the toilet.

Stacy Jarvis says her son Jayden Hunter 'went all day without food' at his primary school because by the time he got to the canteen the hot school dinners had ran out.

She said the nine-year-old usually gets a hot meal, 'but he was having a poo and there was nothing left'.

Instead he was offered a tuna sandwich, Stacy told the Hull Daily Mail , but because he doesn't like tuna, he 'went all day without eating'.

The 31-year-old said she visited the school on Wednesday morning to try to resolve the issue to prevent her son from going hungry again, but has pulled her son out of school after a row erupted with the headteacher.

The school says every child is provided with a meal at lunchtime, but Stacy is now adamant that she'll keep Year 5 pupil Jayden off school until he receives an apology for 'making him upset and hungry'.

(Image: Stacy Jarvis)

Stacey, also mum to Alisha, seven, and Cole, five, said: "They pulled me in when I picked the bains up and said 'Jayden will come out and tell you he had no lunch because he took his time on the toilet, so the only option left was a tuna sandwich and he doesn’t like it'.

"I said I was a phone call away, and they could have rang me to bring a lunch in so he was at least fed, not going six-and-a-half hours without food.

"They said 'I was too busy to give you a call', so I said 'all the staff in this school and no one could give me a call?' I was fuming.

"He usually gets a hot meal, but he was having a poo and there was nothing left, but they apparently made three Year 6s a cheese sandwich, but Jayden only got offered a tuna sandwich."

Miss Jarvis, who is 22 weeks pregnant with her fourth child, said the row with the headteacher then erupted the next morning when she went into school to discuss the issue.

The stay-at-home mum, from east Hull, said: "I tried talking to the head about it, but her attitude was, 'I never got told', so I said 'this is why I've come to you, you're meant to know about issues that go on with parents and pupils'.

(Image: Stacy Jarvis)

"I said 'it won't happen again, I've told him, you don’t stay at school without any lunch, you come home' and she said 'I don’t think that’s right to tell your child to leave school' and I said 'well I don’t think it's right to let my child starve'.

"She said 'we would have to ring the police if you did that'. I said 'would you like it if your child was at school with no dinner?' and she said 'I'm sure there's a way around it', but I said 'well there's not been'.

"She said 'I don’t like the way you speak to me' and I said 'I don’t like how Jayden was at school all day without food all day'.

"I’ve tried speaking to her and I've got nowhere with her, it's like I was stood there talking to myself.

"Their attitude is 'well if he doesn’t like it [the tuna sandwich], then tough. It's not his fault he missed out. You don’t know how long you’re going to be on the toilet for, do you?

"I said 'you would not eat something you do not like', and she said she would if you were hungry.

"She’s not solved nothing. I said 'look, I don’t want this to happen again, it's out of order, he was starving, he’s a big lad, I'm not going to lie, he likes his food, he was upset'.

"She said 'I find you rude to my staff', but I am a person who says it how it is and that’s what they don’t like.

"I said 'right well he won’t be going to school'. I've kept him off school.

"If the situation had got resolved and I wasn't spoken to like they wasn’t bothered about my child then I would not have taken it further."

(Image: Stacy Jarvis)

Jayden, who is entitled to free school meals, has been at Thanet Primary School for the past eight months, after his mum removed him from Longhill Primary School.

She said she is now going to make an official complaint to the chair of governors at the school.

Stacy said: "I'm keeping him off until they are willing to speak to me properly and apologise to Jayden for making him upset and hungry."

A spokesperson for Thanet Primary School said: “Thanet Primary School ensures that every pupil at the school is provided with a nutritious meal at lunchtime.

"Parents are always welcome to contact the school to discuss their children’s meal options.”

What do you think? Has your child ever missed their dinner because of a toilet trip or other reason? Do you think the school should have ensured Jayden had a hot meal? Is Stacy right to take her son out of school? Let us know in the comments or share your views on our Manchester Family Facebook page here.