PARENTS have been urged to be wary of information spread around school gate WhatsApp groups.

The quickfire social media chat service, used by more than a billion people around the world, allows groups of people to share messages and photos. But a primary school in Kentish Town is worried that the spread of comments about school life is causing “anxiety”. In a bulletin to parents last week,

James Humphries, headteacher at Kentish Town Church of England School in Islip Street, said: “I‘m aware that several classes operate [WhatsApp] groups and they have occasionally become a forum where parents raise concerns and thus spread anxiety and misunderstand­ings, sometimes without a full picture of events, school policy or without enabling school staff to explain, allay anxieties or answer simple queries.”