A south Armagh primary school has voiced concern after an anonymous caller falsely claimed to be a pupil’s father and asked that the child be allowed to leave the premises for an appointment.
Officials at St Joseph’s Primary School in Meigh contacted parents on Wednesday.
In a letter, principal Gary Trainor said the school had received two anonymous calls with one asking that a child be allowed out to attend an appointment.
The caller was then informed that the school did not have a child of that name and the caller was asked if they had contacted the right school.
The caller then put the phone down.
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However, the letter to parents confirms that four minutes later the school received another call from a man asking for a Primary 6 pupil to be allowed out of the school to attend an appointment.
“The caller purported to be the child’s father and named his child,” Mr Trainor wrote.
“When informed they would have to come into the school to sign out their child they put the phone down.
“Both calls were anonymous and made by two different adult voices.”
Mr Trainor added that the “parents of the child in question were contacted and at no point did they phone into the school”.
“Hence our cause for concern,” he added.
Mr Trainor confirmed that the PSNI had been notified.
A police spokesperson said: “Police received a report of two suspicious phone calls made to a school in the Killeavy area of south Armagh on Wednesday afternoon.
“Appropriate protocols have been put in place by the school.”
He added that “enquiries remain ongoing”.
