A mother says she has pulled her child out of school after staff displayed pupils' exam progress on a wall with their pictures alongside happy and sad emojis.

The woman has slammed staff at St John Fisher Catholic School, in Chatham, after staff put up photos of Year 11 students with their overall GCSE scorers and the emojis in a corridor at the school last week.

Not only did photos include the happy and sad emojis, depending on how the pupil has scored, staff also put the photos on either a red or green display board to show how well they were doing or how much they need to improve.

However, the move had infuriated one mum, who thinks the move is wrong.

The woman feels its more like naming and shaming those who are not doing so well with their GCSE scores.

However, teachers at the school in Ordnance Street say the move was made to push pupils to perform better and that staff had informed youngsters at a special assembly held weeks ago of their intentions to display the scores on the wall.

The mum, who didn’t want to be named, said: “So I have removed my child from school.

“St John Fisher think that it’s okay to put children’s photos up on a display board rating them from red to green, red meaning the kids who aren’t doing too well, green meaning students that are doing well, in the school corridor for the whole school to see along with sad and happy emojis.

"The photos used are ones taken by the school photographer back in year 9, my son is now in year 11.

"These photos by law are only to be kept for a maximum of two years and are only to be used for registration purposes.

“The school haven’t had permission from parents or the pupils to use their photos.

“I have written a letter to the head teacher to make a formal complaint and my son will only attend school for exams until the photos are removed and the school has admitted full liability to being in the wrong.

“If this doesn’t work then I will be taking my case to the local authority.”

Head teacher, Dympna Lennon has apparently apologised for any upset caused to pupils and parents.

She added: “An assembly was held four weeks ago with the Year 11 pupils to advise them that their overall GCSE progress score would be displayed on the wall to help encourage and motivate them.

“Pupils were offered the opportunity to speak with teachers if they had any concerns around this.”