Mums who were banned from an Ardrossan school after a row over an organised water balloon fight say their kids won't be returning to the school.

Lisa Kennedy and Tammie Middleton, who were both visited by police over the incident, say they  have been let down by North Ayrshire Council over the incident at Stanley Primary.

They claim previously agreed care plans for children suffering disabilities have been ignored.

A third mum, Lisa’s sister Carly Kennedy, has also withdrawn her child from Stanley over the ongoing issues.

One of the children has now transferred to another school – while the others, aged six and eight, will be home schooled.

As reported previously by the Herald, Lisa and Tammie got a visit from police officers, and were banned from the school, after the water balloon fight organised by Stanley last year saw a senior member of staff get soaked.

Lisa, who had a disabled child at the school at the time, was banned from picking up her daughter and her other kids from school, even though no member of her family had taken part in the soaking of the staff member.

However, the parents of other children who were involved in the incident had no action taken against them.

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Lisa believes the issues dates back from some time earlier, when she made complaints about her disabled child’s care plan at the school, claiming the plan was being ignored by staff.

She revealed her children were terrified when the police came to her door. And she had refused to let her kids who are still at Stanley to return without assurances over their care plans – and being kept as far away as possible from the staff involved.

Other staff members and pupils were also believed to have thrown balloons outside the zone, with no consequences.

The mums also want to know whether it was school staff or council officials who called police to report the incident, as they say they've been told two versions of who contacted the cops.

Lisa and Tammie say they believe they were singled out because they had raised concerns after the agreed care plans for their children were not carried out.

Lisa said: “The ban meant that if anything went wrong with my daughter’s care plan I wasn’t allowed to enter the school, or even contact them.

“We were told there would be a proper investigation, but the council seem to have pulled back from this.”

Tammie said after meetings with senior education officials last year, “we established there was no wrongdoing on my part and that my children were also innocent victims in this, yet there’s been no justice offered”.

Lisa added: “I am so annoyed. I feel that the council played me. They made me believe they were listening. In previous meetings, they agreed with what I said. But at that time the staff member involved was off work.

“Now we feel we have no option but to withdraw the children from the school.

"I have contacted MSPs about this and also spoken to lawyers.

“One lawyer told me that the council had broken the sphere of education law by banning me from collecting my disabled child from Stanley, with no back-up care plan in place.”

Lisa also revealed that North Ayrshire Council had agreed to pay for counselling for her in the wake of the school ban.

Carly added: “I am devastated for myself as well as the wean. We had a great relationship with everyone at the school for years, but that’s just gone now.”

A North Ayrshire Council spokesperson said: “We always attempt to resolve issues and concerns raised in relation to any of our schools, although we cannot comment on individual pupils or alleged incidents.

"The council has a clear complaints process, which ensures that concerns are investigated and appropriate steps are taken in response to this.”