Liberty-Rose Finn, 4-Year-Old Cancer Victim, Forced To Clean Up Own Urine In Class

Liberty Rose Finn

Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 27/01/2012 09:48 Updated: 27/01/2012 10:02

A four-year-old girl who battled a brain tumour that left her with bladder control problems was forced by her teacher to clean up her own urine after wetting herself at school, it has been reported.

Liberty-Rose Finn was made to stand with her nose to the wall "like a dunce", according to her parents Carl and Dawn, who described the incident as "devastating".

"Because Liberty-Rose is quite vulnerable, she actually thought she had done a good thing cleaning up," Liberty-Rose's father told This Is Derbyshire.

Despite an investigation being conducted by the school, the teacher remains in her post.

"The school said the teacher was remorseful and that was the end of the matter," Mr Finn added. "She wasn't even suspended during the investigation."

Liberty-Rose, who underwent nine months of chemotherapy, was reportedly not allowed to change out of her wet clothes and had to "scrub the floor with her bare hands".

Mr Finn added he and his wife felt the school, the governors and the education authority were trying to "quietly sweep the matter under the carpet."

"We were mortified to find out our little girl had been degraded in this way."

In 2010, Liberty-Rose's family were stunned when the inoperable brain tumour, which threatened to leave the then three-year-old blind, miraculously "vanished".

The girl's parents decided to break their silence after receiving a letter from Church Gresley infant and nursery school in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, which said the "matter had been dealt with".

Assistant Headteacher Charlotte Mosey said, “We have apologised to Liberty-Rose’s parents for this incident which goes against school policy and we have taken steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

"We pride ourselves on our excellent reputation for providing a high level of care and support to our children and we are sorry that on this occasion we fell below that standard.”

A spokeswoman for Derbyshire County Council added: “We’ve spoken to the acting headteacher and understand this was a one-off incident for which the school has apologised to the parents and has taken appropriate action to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

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10:47 AM on 03/25/2012
The child did not have cancer. She did have a tumour but it was not cancer. The tumour is no longer an issue as the child received treatment that worked. The child was also not made to stand against the wall, that is not true. The teacher asked the child to help to clean up the urine, in this day and age that is not acceptable.
07:40 PM on 02/07/2012
Name and shame the woman - at least the school is known but the teacher should be made to explain her reason for her actions. What a wonderful example of a mother this teacher is, or will be, if she treats an accident like this with such brutal behaviour.
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01:34 AM on 01/31/2012
that poor child. how could someone do something so cruel.
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04:23 PM on 01/30/2012
This demonstrates that the law should be changed. It currently takes a year for a teacher to be fired - so schools are stuck with people who have no aptitude for the job and clearly don't have any empathy for the children in their care.
10:51 PM on 01/29/2012
Disgusting - school and teacher should be investigated...
10:45 PM on 01/29/2012
This awful to make a child clean up its own urine, and then to degrade her in the way the teacher making her stand in a corner. This is not the school letting their standards down, but the wilful cruel act the teacher had made.

She should be sacked, because to do this to a little girl who has already gone through chemotherapy and is aged 4. She has only been caught because the parents have spoken up. My Question - HOW MANY OTHER CHILDREN HAS SHE DONE THIS TOO? All our children should be safeguarded from people like this teacher.
10:29 PM on 01/29/2012
how disgusting the teacher should be sacked and banned from working with children
08:53 PM on 01/29/2012
Disgusting and despicable behaviour by this nursery ... they should hang their heads in shame .. I certainly wouldnt send my child there thats for sure!!!!!
08:42 PM on 01/29/2012
I think any person who would force a child to clean up and stay in wet clothing like that carries within them a deep rooted cruel streak that will fester. The teacher has chosen the wrong career.
12:45 AM on 01/30/2012
you are correct
05:10 PM on 01/29/2012
This is unacceptable whichever way you look at it - however as the parent os a son who died from cancer age 9 if this had happened to him - I would be in jail as nothing would have stopped me kicking this teacher from now until Christmas - should be sacked at the very least!!!
10:37 PM on 01/29/2012
I am with you there Springy! Most children are 'clean' by 3, girls anyway, boys can take longer, but accidents do happen even to those children not to have been through what this little girl had. What person in their right mind, let alone a teacher, would make a child clean up after itself. This teacher should not be a teacher and I for one would insist my child was placed in the safe hands of another class at the school or most definitely make other arrangements.
04:01 PM on 01/29/2012
Regardless of suffering with cancer no four year old child should be made to clean up after a accident like this. This sad excuse of a teacher and obviously her superiors need to be put where they are better suited, may i suggest inspecting sewers its sounds more in line with what there are worthy of!!!!!!
02:24 PM on 01/29/2012
I would personally prosecute the Teacher for 'punishing' the child. This was nothing short of mental abuse for the humiliation, physical abuse for making the child clean it up herself and CRUELTY for making her stand in against the wall in front of the class. God Bless her little soul. As if she has not been through enough. She will probably feel insecure and vulnerable for the rest of her school life! No wonder people take matters into their own hands!! If the parents want a petition to get the teacher sacked please let me know.
10:31 AM on 01/29/2012
It is terrible that this is allowed to go on in our schools. The little girls parents should claim compensation for their daughter for being made to pretty much slop out. Criminals holidaying at HM establishments are treated with more respect and compassion than this.

The teacher should be sacked as this is abuse, if it were you or I who had acted in this way towards our own kids, social services would be down on us like a ton of bricks.
08:53 AM on 01/29/2012
In this day and age ,this is totally disgusting.
On my second day at school I sat and peed myself ,I was dragged to the headmistress and severely punished,it led to a devastating time for the rest of my school life,I was so young and vunerable,and even to this day 60 years later still remember it clearly.
Even if this poor little girl had not been ill it would still be a crime to my mind,and the violator ,struck from ever being involved with children again.
08:39 AM on 01/29/2012
Poor little mite. This is not a forgivable offence. It is inhumane and the so called teacher should be sacked.