Carson’s council-run nursery had organised an end-of-year trip to the Scottish Deer Centre (Picture: Google Maps)
A four-year-old boy left behind on a nursery trip while he was in a public toilet was found crying by a stranger.
Mum Clare Hodge was told her son Carson had been left unsupervised for 40 minutes at the Scottish Deer Centre in Fife, Scotland.
The youngster had been on a trip with Dunmore Nursery to the park when the bus escorting his class drove off without him.
He had gone to the toilet when he came out to see his three teachers and nine classmates had vanished.
A park visitor found Carson alone and in tears, Clare said on Facebook, and had to be looked after by a park employee while they phoned the nursery.
Parents of the nine other children were told the bus at about 12.30pm had been delayed before being informed half an hour later it was because a student was ‘unaccounted’ for.
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Clare said: ‘Whilst on their end-of-year trip to the Scottish Deer Centre all the children were asked to go to the toilet before getting on the bus to come home.
‘Carson was the last one to use the toilet and when he came out he couldn’t find anyone and thought they were hiding from him.
‘The reason he couldn’t find them was because they had left him.’
Carson told his mum ‘a man’ found him crying and brought him to the park office.
‘The what ifs that have ran round my head all weekend is unreal,’ she added.
Clare was told by the nursery that teachers failed to do a headcount before heading home.
‘Instead, they asked the wee ones on the bus if everyone was here and they shouted yes so they left,’ she said.
‘They didn’t bother to count them.’
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The council which runs the nursery says the care service watchdog has been informed and that officials are investigating the ‘extremely serious’ incident.
Head of service Shelagh McLean told STV News: ‘As soon as the child was noted as missing immediate action was taken.
‘The school was in contact with the child’s parents and the Care Inspectorate was notified immediately.
‘We do have robust guidance and procedures in place …read more
Source:: Metro
