Friday, May 10, 2013  Mother furious after head teacher urged
her to postpone birthday party ahead of school tests  A mother
is furious after the head teacher of her daughter’s school wrote
a letter urging her to abandon her birthday party because too
many pupils were going. Tina Adams, of Tiverton, Devon, accused
her daughter’s school of overstepping the mark after she was
asked to delay a party which is being held the night before a
week of tests. She has organised the two-hour Grease-themed
event to celebrate Roisin’s 13th birthday on Sunday. Friends of
her younger daughter, Niamh, 11, from Castle primary and St
John’s Roman Catholic School have also been invited.  But the
event, which is due to end at 9.30pm, is the night before a week
of SATS exams at the schools. Miss Adams, 50, says that when
teachers heard about the party they asked Niamh to leave the
lunch hall then quizzed her about who was going to the party and
how long it was going on for. She then received a letter from
Castle Primary school’s h