Chief executive of the Passmores Learning Community, Vic Goddard issued a statement on social media after anti-vaxxers distributed leaflets to children outside the school in early October 2021.

Mr Goddard said: “Just to be clear. If you are an adult unknown to us/them and you approach our children that is a safeguarding issue and we will phone the police.

“You may be the only ones that ‘know the truth’ but you still cannot do that”.

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