Caretaker sacked after locking terrified lad in a school loo amid string of blunders
A BUNGLING caretaker was sacked after locking a terrified lad in a loo.
Kim Baker, 63, secured the toilets without properly checking them, an employment tribunal heard.
The boy’s dad launched a frantic search when his son failed to return from an after-school club.
He and an office worker with spare keys eventually found the lad at St Thomas More Catholic school in Chatham, Kent.
Fifteen months earlier Mr Baker received a written warning after locking a teacher in a staff loo.
She was freed only after triggering alarms.
The caretaker received a further warning over the lad.
He eventually got the boot in August 2017 after returning late from authorised leave to play piano at a funeral.
He was due back to unlock the school gates at 3.05pm but did not return until 4.25pm.
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He claimed unfair dismissal but a judge at Ashford tribunal centre ruled against him.
Mr Baker insisted to The Sun on Sunday: “The funeral overran. I couldn’t just play for ten minutes.
“The next day I was up before HR for taking unauthorised leave. I feel bitter.”
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