An angered mum has compared a school to Belmarsh prison saying her child suffers weekly incidents of violence.

Alexandra Mason has claimed her twins have been punched, verbally abused and been threatened multiple times at Meopham Secondary School.

Ms Mason has slammed the Wrotham Road, Meopham school for the "unspeakable violence" her identical children Ryder and Tyler, both 13, have suffered which has seen them terrified to go in and often take days off.

The 50-year-old says the problems at the school are so bad it reminds her of the notorious HMP Belmarsh in London - which houses some of Britain's most violent and dangerous criminals.

She said: "I've had young girls screaming at me and threatening to throw my son into oncoming traffic.

"There's people smoking weed and throwing rocks - there's something going on there every week.

"The naughty children are just put into isolation for punishment, but that's what they want.

'If they want to beat people up, put them all together...'

"It's no wonder people are getting stabbed when there is no punishment - I fear my twins could be victims one day."

Ms Mason, from Istead Rise, Gravesend, has called for "proper punishment" to be introduced for rule breakers, including kicking all the violent children out after two strikes and putting them in the same school.

"If they want to beat people up, put them all together," she added.

The stay-at-home mum explained Tyler is transgender and began transitioning to female at the age of four.

She says Tyler has been the subject of daily abuse - both physical and verbal - because of it.

"They call her a tranny all the time," the upset mum explained. "She was even punched in the face the other week, which police are investigating. People will just shove her when she's walking in the hallway.

"The girls are worse than the boys now, and none of the children are scared of the police or authority. When I was a child I was scared of them."

Ms Mason says the school has handed out a list of "acceptable behaviour" for students to follow, including not saying things which could cause hurt or unhappiness, but says they're ignored.

It also says pupils should try their best to treat everyone with care, courtesy and consideration.

The mum-of-two has called on Meopham Secondary School to take serious action against the violent children who have upset her children.

In August, another worried parent called on the school to take more action over suspected "gang styled attacks" after his son was knocked unconscious outside a nearby pub.

Police confirmed they have "received several reports of allegations including criminal damage and assault which are being investigated".

Meopham Secondary School were approached for comment, but haven't responded to any requests.