UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The school of missing Megan Stammers has come under fire from a charity over its safeguarding record.
Megan, 15, who goes to Bishop Bell C of E School, in Eastbourne, and teacher Jeremy Forrest, 30, took a ferry from Dover to Calais, on Thursday.
In 2009, a teacher from the school was jailed for grooming pupils and in March it emerged a retired priest had been allowed to remain as a governor despite child sex allegations against him.
The school has defended its record.
East Sussex County Council and bosses at the school have both confirmed they were investigating the pair’s relationship before they disappeared.
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