Victorian school in Kyneton has three students and eight staff
Victorian taxpayers are funding a school so small it has more staff than students after dozens of children left following allegations of bullying.
Langley Primary School has eight teachers and support workers, classrooms, a deserted playground and a library.
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And it is all for just three children.
The school in Kyneton, an hour northwest of Melbourne, had 48 pupils in 2018, but 45 left after the new principal took over.
Mother Kayla Ferguson pulled her three children out of the school, claiming they suffered relentless bullying including being "spat on, kicked and punched".
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"I would call it traumatic. It's heartbreaking," Ferguson said.
"From happy and healthy, normal children to withdrawn and needing to see psychologists every week."
The Education Department has been flooded with complaints of bullying, lack of supervision, animal cruelty, violent behaviour and minimal discipline.
"Langley Primary School is working closely with the Department to increase its student enrolments," the Education Department said in a statement.
The Government has earmarked more than $500,000 funding to teach four students at the school in 2020.
"The community has been calling out for help and it's not been forthcoming and now we've ended up with this awful situation," Shadow Education Minister Cindy McLeish said on Wednesday.
The closest government primary school is bursting with the influx of new arrivals, now with 333 students.
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