Mistreated school grounds over holidays face closure

Use it responsibly or lose it.

That's the message from the Department of Education and Children who say if schools grounds are mistreated then they will be closed.

The grounds at the Island's 40 schools are open to the public during school holidays. The Easter holidays are now underway with kids across the Island able to access all school grounds over the two week beak

Anti - social behaviour and vandalism have been reported in the past and this year the government are cracking down on nuisance behaviour.

They say if anti -social behaviour gets reported again they may be forced to consider whether the use of the school grounds by the public can continue.