A FUMING mum has pulled her daughter from primary school after teachers banned her taking a Power Rangers doll into class.

Tammy Gatting, 55, claims Mishka, five, was told to leave the "comfort" cuddly toy at home because it wasn't allowed on school premises.

4 Tammy Gatting pulled her daughter Mishka from school after teachers apparently stopped her taking a toy into class Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

4 Mishka has the pink Power Ranger for 'comfort' Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

The youngster had only been at Forches Cross Primary School, Devon, for two weeks when the issue arose.

Tammy said: "Last week she took her cuddly Power Ranger teddy to school. She takes it everywhere for comfort - it lets her know I'm near and that she is safe."

She added: "Mishka told me she had been told off by her teacher who said she wasn't allowed to bring it into school.

"She was really upset - she didn't want to go back and she usually loves school. The next day I went in to the school and spoke to the teaching assistant.

"I explained the toy was her comforter and asked if there was a problem with her taking it in and leaving it in her drawer. She said that was fine."

But the next day, Tammy discovered Mishka in floods of tears without her teddy.

She said she spoke to a teacher and the head, who both told her Mishka wasn't allowed to bring it in.

4 Tammy claims teachers had at first told her Mishka could keep the teddy in a drawer Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

4 The school says there has been a 'misunderstanding' Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

Fuming Tammy then marched into the classroom and took the Power Ranger from a drawer and pulled her daughter from the school.

She said: "I just don't see the problem. It doesn't effect her work and she doesn't play with it in class - what harm is it doing?

"Before she started school she had taken it to nursery with her for months and it was never a problem there."

But headteacher Paul Wisken told DevonLive.com the school does not ban toys and that he didn’t know where Mrs Gatting had “got that idea from”.

He said: “I’m a bit puzzled – at nursery and reception most children bring a toy with them, though we would try to discourage it as they get older.

“I did tell Mrs Gatting that pulling her child out of the school was not the answer.

“The child is now back in school and we are hoping to have a meeting to discuss the matter."

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