Christmas came early to Chasetown Community School

Warrior Doors, a leading manufacturing company for high security doors, helped a special needs school in Burntwood which had been targeted three times in less than a month by burglars.

Chasetown Community School received a bespoke-made, premium level security door worth thousands by Warrior Doors as a kind gesture after the repeated incidents.

The managing director of Warrior Doors, Brett Baratt said: “I was compelled to contact the school to offer his help as soon as he learned what had happened.”

“I was sickened when I was told that the school was broken into 3 times in just a few weeks, and I wanted to do something to help” explained Brett.

“Because our bespoke doors help to protect thousands of businesses across the country, I very much hope our donation will help the staff and pupils feel safer and less vulnerable.”

The school has had a number of learning aids, including iPads, stolen in the raids. In the last burglary on November 2nd, money raised from the schools Poppy Appeal was also taken.

Brett said: “The team aim to have the new stainless steel door – coated to match the blue of the school uniform – with high quality anti-bandit class installed at the school by Tuesday next week.”

Warrior Doors are then going one step further and are also manufacturing security cabinets for the school. This is so that the school have somewhere safe to store the pupil’s technology equipment.

Chasetown Community School caters for children between 7 to 13 with social, emotional and mental health needs.

Steven Norman, Chair of Governors at Chasetown Community School thanked Warrior Doors for its donation: “This is an amazingly generous offer by Warrior doors. We were worrying about how we were going to afford the much-needed improvements. Christmas has come early for us.”

“I was really touched by Mr. Barratt’s generosity. We have since been contacted by the BBC with three of our pupils, one boy whose iPad wasn’t stolen in the raid said he would still lend his iPad to someone who hasn’t got one.”

Since the burglaries, the school have also received help from the community, as a spokesperson for the school said: “Now two parents want to help fundraise to replace our tools. We may have been burgled, but certainly not beaten.”

Since the donation, Warrior Doors have fitted the door into the Chasetown Community School.

Linda James, the head teacher at Chasetown Community School said: “Thanks to the generosity and swift action by Warrior Doors, we are now fully re-open to all our students. We are moving forward and are delighted that we have the ongoing support of the company.”

A spokesperson who works for Warrior Doors said: “We feel great about helping the school and putting them in a safer position than they were originally in.”

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