THE parents of a 14-month-old baby are furious after their child was expelled from a nursery because they complained about him being bitten.

Stacey Morris and Thomas Nestor were angry when their son Lewis was bitten by another child at Lilliputs Day Nursery in Westhoughton for the third time in six months.

They complained to the nursery's boss Gill Green, after Lewis was bitten on Tuesday, November 11, and attended a meeting the following day.

At the meeting, which Miss Morris, from Westhoughton, attended with her mother, she threatened to report the matter to Ofsted.

Later in the week, she was stunned when a letter from Mrs Green was hand-delivered to her door at 9pm, informing her that the nursery's relationship with them had become "irreparable".

She cited a "zero tolerance" approach to threats and intimidation, and warned Miss Morris not to come to the nursery to argue the matter.

Mrs Green told The Bolton News that the nursery did not take the decision lightly and has written to other parents about its approach to threats and aggression "as a result of this case".

Miss Morris, who also has a four-year-old daughter, Madison, said: "I am so hurt by all this and feel they have failed in their duty of care for Lewis.

"I am hurt that now my innocent son's routine will be in uproar as he was very happy at Lilliputs and settled with the staff in his room.

"I will be now having to take unpaid leave from work for as long as it takes for me to find other childcare for Lewis.

"I feel I have been unfairly treated because they are unable to control another child's behaviour."

Mrs Green, from Lilliputts, said: "We do not exclude a family for nothing and we welcome parents' feedback to help us improve and deal with things to the best of our ability.

"We don't do this lightly. We go through the correct channels and have worked with Ofsted in this case.

"We have found it necessary to put a zero tolerance approach in place with regard to threats and aggression.

"This letter was sent to parents as a result of this case."

Miss Morris insisted that she was not aggressive in the meeting with Lilliputs' management.

She added: "Lewis has never done anything wrong.

"We have always been co-operative with the nursery and then I get this letter.

"The only thing I said is that 'if you don't do anything about this I will get Ofsted involved'. That is it."