Site security at UTC South Durham were notified on Sunday evening that the site had been broken into with thieves stripping one of their minibuses for parts as well as stealing a student’s bike.
After assessing the damage to the minibus, site security concluded that the thieves had left it un-roadworthy as the majority of the front had been removed from the vehicle and taken. As well as targeting the minibus parts, the thieves broke a bike free from the designated student bike shelter and stole it.
Meaning, a number of students travelling to school on Monday morning, some of which had a GCSE exam, were unable to access the usual school transport. Luckily, members of the teaching staff came together and offered transport to the students who would have been unable to make it to school for their exam.
Tom Dower, Principal of the UTC, said “This incident is deeply frustrating – it has impacted on our students sitting exams and travelling to their place of work as well as being time consuming and expensive to manage. However, I have been very proud to see our staff going above and beyond to ensure that our students’ high quality education continues”.
Police are currently dealing with the matter.
The incident took place on Sunday 18th June at 6pm, if anyone has any information that could help them, please contact Durham Police directly.