My little boy came home from school trip with 2nd degree BURNS after he was left to fry in 30C heat with no suncream
Simon Oakley claims his 12-year-old son Oliver came home from Barcelona with agonising second degree burns.
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The Parklands High School pupil set off for Spain from Chorley, Lancashire, for a week-long holiday with classmates and spent nearly 24 hours travelling to the country via coach.
But fuming dad Simon says the nightmare happened on the final day when the school trip took them to a water park.
Simon, a self-employed furniture maker, said: "When I saw how bad the burns were, I was extremely upset.
'I feel incredibly let down and disappointed with the school.
'Oliver told me that the sunburn happened on the final day. The kids spent the full day at a water park.
'We later learned from Oliver that he hadn't had any sun cream on all day and wasn't wearing a T-shirt or a hat."
Simon continued: 'This left him fully exposed to the 30-degree sun and heat.
'We found out about his sunburn on Thursday evening while he was travelling back.
'He sent us a few messages saying his shoulders and back were really sore, and even did a short video so his mum and I could see how red and blistered his skin was.
'Over the next 48 hours, the blisters got much worse and new ones kept developing.'
I laid on the beach for just ONE hour but the sunburn was brutal and left me looking like a wasp-stung dog - don't make my mistake
Simon claims Oliver was given paracetamol and heavy-duty plasters were applied to his burns but the youngster was in 'agony' by the time he got home.
Oliver's parents rushed him to Preston Royal Hospital for treatment.
Nurses allegedly confirmed that the burns were of a second degree nature and popped his blisters before peeling away the damaged skin.
Simon said: 'They headed home straight from the water park at around tea time.
'It was only on the bus journey back, which took over 24 hours, that the burns and blisters started to develop and he was in agony for the majority of the journey back.
'He did let the teachers know towards the end of the journey, and they stuck some plasters on his blisters and gave him a paracetamol.'
The family have since lodged a formal complaint with the school.
'SCREAMING IN AGONY'
Simon was left unimpressed with the school's response to the situation, he claimed: 'They gave him some paracetamol and then applied heavy-duty plasters to the blisters.
'The plasters had to be peeled off the next day at hospital, which left Oliver screaming in agony and in tears on the floor.
'I submitted a formal complaint to the school. The headteacher phoned me back but I was essentially told there was nothing more that could have been done for my son - even though seven teachers were on the trip.'
Parklands High School were contacted for comment on multiple occasions but a reporter was told over the phone by a receptionist that 'no one was available' to comment.
Oliver went on the school trip on May 24 to May 30.
But his dad says it has taken the child's skin 'about a month' to 'get back to normal' and he has some very faint scars from the burns.
Simon added: 'He's okay now but is a little wary about going out in the sun because of what happened.
"I just want other parents to know this can happen and schools need to take sun safety seriously.
'No child should come home in that kind of pain after what's meant to be a fun trip."
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