North London Collegiate is a leading independent day school for girls (Picture: Flickr)

A teacher at a London school told a Jewish student ‘I’ll send you to one of your gas chambers’ after she jumped the queue in the dining hall.

The anti-semitic outburst came at the North London Collegiate School, one of Britain’s leading independent day schools for girls.

The female teacher has reportedly apologised to the student, but the school has refused to explain what disciplinary action has been taken.

The girl’s father, who has asked for the family to remain anonymous, told the Mail on Sunday: ‘A teacher was passing by and she rushed up to my daughter and said, “Don’t do that or I’ll have to send you to the back of the queue or to one of your gas chambers”.




‘It was very unpleasant, very uncalled for and very unfortunate. My daughter was shocked and upset.’

The school boasts high-profile former students such as actress Rachel Weisz, magazine editor Anna Wintour and television presenter Esther Rantzen and charges almost £6,000 per term in fees.

However, it has been criticised for a lack of transparency over the incident, which occurred three months ago.

‘My wife and I would also like the school to make a public statement that there has been an incident and [the remark] was totally unacceptable,’ added the girl’s father.

The school said in a statement that it had promptly commenced an investigation after hearing the allegations and, after seeking specialist legal advice, appropriate action was taken.