HUNDREDS of youngsters in North Tyneside have become victims of England’s crumbling schools after more than a decade of government failure to invest in education.

About 200 students from Churchill Community College at Wallsend in Tyne and Wear are being forced to move to an empty office building because the college has to be checked for safety after a roof fell in at another school.

The office building has no educational equipment and no facilities for providing hot meals.

Non-teaching school staff are members of general union GMB.

Craig Thompson of GMB said: “We know from bitter experience school dinners are the only proper meal many Churchill children get all day. 

“Families can’t have that taken away from them. 

“This is clearly an unusual and difficult situation for all concerned, but North Tyneside must look for a way to ensure these children continue to get the hot school dinner they need.”

Churchill Community College and North Tyneside Council have been approached for comment.