School issues an apology to parents after Year 8 children are sent ‘sweary’ poem

A secondary school has issued an apology to parents after their Year 8 children were sent a ‘sweary’ poem to study as part of their English homework.  Students aged 12 and 13 at Penrice Academy in St Austell, Cornwall, were given the poem titled American Football (A reflection on the Gulf War) by Harold Pinter as part … Read more