The woke headteacher of a school in Lancashire has imposed a 'ludicrous' rule forcing pupils to become vegetarian to 'help the planet'.
Rachel Tomlinson, headteacher of Barrowford Primary School, said she made the decision in order to educate children about the environmental impact of eating animals and to help 'stop climate change'.
The rule was introduced last year, but furious parents were not told until a letter was sent out by the school on Thursday.
It comes after controversial the Ms Tomlinson previously forbade teachers at the school from raising their voice and holds a belief that there is no such thing as a 'naughty' child.
And in a letter to pupils in 2014, she told them not to worry about exam results as they ‘do not always assess all of what it is that make each of you special and unique’.
The school was subsequently branded 'inadequate' by Ofsted in 2015, the inspectors' lowest possible rating, just three years after it had received a 'good' rating.
Ms Tomlinson received widespread criticism for her approach, which removed all punishments for misbehaving students, with parents and campaign groups calling for her resignation and blaming her for the school's decline.
Ripping up the traditional rulebook, she scrapped the normal fixed times playtime and lunch, allowing pupils to decide when they wanted to eat or have a classroom break.
Instead of becoming angry at pupils, teachers are also encouraged to say a child has 'emptied my resilience bucket', before sending them to the 'nurture room' if their behaviour gets out of control.
The school's relationship management policy also currently says that staff are to 'use anger onions to support in the regulation of behaviours' - an exercise coined by family therapist and author Judy Bartkowiak.
Barrowford restored its 'good' rating in 2016 after 'the headteacher and senior leaders embarked on a rigorous journey of improvement'.
Tomlinson said: 'We made our school lunches meat-free to demonstrate how each of us making a small change to our daily habits can have a much wider positive impact, and that reducing meat consumption is just one way to do this. We have been careful to approach this in a balanced way, and teach that it is fine to eat meat, but that reducing our consumption can help our planet'
Barrowford Primary School was branded 'inadequate' by Ofsted in 2015 - the office's lowest possible rating, before achieving a 'good' rating just one year later
Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire has banned meat from lunchboxes and its canteen in order to educate children about the environmental impact of eating animals. The rule was introduced last year, but parents were not told until a letter was sent out by the school on Thursday. In the letter, headteacher Rachel Tomlinson said she had made the decision in order to 'stop climate change'
However, inspectors noted that around a quarter of parents is that leaders do not believe the school's leaders 'do enough to ensure that pupils are well behaved'.
MailOnline has contacted Ms Tomlinson regarding whether these policies remain in place, but in an interview with The National College in 2019, she said the school does not have the normal 'behaviour management policy' implemented by schools, instead it has a 'relationship management policy'.
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