A father-of-two has been banned from his children's school for turning up at their sports day in an offensive T-shirt.

Craig McBeth, 36, from Burnley, in Lancashire, says he 'accidentally' wore the top with the slogan ‘Let’s get out there and t**t it'.

But despite apologising when he realised his error and turning the T-shirt inside out, the next day he discovered he was barred from the school grounds.

The single father, who had been a governor for four years at Park Primary School, in Colne, Burnley, was unable to pick up his kids because of the ban and the staff even called social services and the police.

Craig McBeth, 36, from Burnley says he was barred from the school grounds after wearing this offensive T-shirt to his children's sports day

Mr Burnley has accused head teacher Sarah Midgely of overreacting.

He said he is being unfairly punished for mistakenly putting on the T-shirt in a rush before going to watch his two children compete.

The dad, who has now quit as a school governor, said: ‘It was a mistake, and an oversight on my part. I was not thinking about sports day and rushing when I put it on.

‘Towards the end of the event we were having a father’s race and the head teacher noticed my T-shirt and said it was not appropriate. I apologised and turned it inside out and thought that was the end of the matter.’

But the 36-year-old said he received an email from the chairman of governors later that evening asking him to meet with the head the next day, but he did not see the need after he had already apologised.

‘The headteacher then phoned me and said I was barred from the school premises,’ added Mr Burnley,

‘I found out after the sports day some of the parents went on Facebook and made a fuss about it and that got a lot of people interested.

‘Any right-minded person would think this was an overreaction.’

Mr McBeth, who is the editor of an online magazine called Love Mini, said he believed he could not even pick his children up on the last day of term, because of the ban.

But this prompted a phone call from the school and social services.

The t-shirt had a picture of Craig Charles's character Lister from the cult BBC comedy Red Dwarf with one of his iconic lines -'Let's go out and t**t it.'

He commented: ‘I told them I was not there because they had banned me from the school.

‘I then got a phone call from social services asking why I had not picked my daughter up. The school also called the police because I did not pick up my daughter for about 40 minutes.’

Mr McBeth claims he was told he is no longer permitted to come on to the school premises and the prohibition will continue until further notice. He says he was also warned he could face a fine of £500 if found trespassing.

Sarah Midgley, headteacher at Park Primary School, said this matter is now closed

Sarah Midgley, headteacher at Park Primary School, said: ‘I can confirm that Mr McBeth has resigned and is no longer a governor at our school.

‘This matter is now closed and I’m looking forward to getting back to normal school life in September.’

Burnley councillor Joe Cooney said the school had clear policies and guidelines.

‘We all have to bear in mind when you take on these roles such as a councillor or governor you are held to a higher standard and unfortunately this time he has not met that standard,’ he said.

Councillor Jonathan Nixon added he did not think the school should have banned him and the situation had been blown out of proportion.

Mr Nixon added: ‘He was stupid to wear the T-shirt and he apologised at the time.’