Disabled pupils set to miss trip as minibuses taken

The minibuses both have access for a person in a wheelchair

Two minibuses stolen from a school could mean disabled students miss out on a trip, a head teacher said.

The buses were taken from Summerhill School in Kingswinford in the West Midlands, when gates were rammed, at 23:30 BST on Sunday.

The two vehicles were specially adapted and head teacher Tim Harris stated it was looking "very unlikely" that two disabled students would go on a trip on Friday.

The Lodge Lane school had had to pull out of a rounders tournament on Monday and everybody was devastated at the theft, he said.

The minibuses had been available for activities including community work and the school used them "literally every day to support our students", Mr Harris said.

He said the incident could be seen on CCTV. The gates at the front of the school were rammed and broken and the two buses taken.

The drivers turned left out of the gates and drove towards the A449.

"Both of the minibuses were back to back leaving and we can also see a car that we think was associated with it.

"[It] pulls up outside of our school and then drives off with those minibuses."

West Midlands Police is investigating.