Rookie teachers took schoolkids up a dangerous summit

A school has been fined £35,000, after a group of schoolchildren had to be rescued by a mountain rescue team.

One thirteen-year-old girl made her own way down the mountain in the dark.

They had the wrong shoes and wrong clothing on.

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A group of 13 Year 10 pupils from Gateshead Cheder were on a trip to Helvellyn, in the Lake District, when they became stranded. Schoolchildren, some of whom were wearing their school shoes and trousers, had to be rescued by Keswick Mountain Rescue Team in cold and icy conditions. Newcastle Magistrates' Court heard one pupil was injured after slipping on ice and that at least two members of the public warned the group to turn back during their ascent. Rescuers were scrambled during the group's descent, when they inadvertently ventured off the path to head towards a section of steep terrain of around 20 metres in height.

Daily Telegraph

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