A mother has vowed to take her children out of school after claiming a headteacher asked her to stop breastfeeding during an assembly.

Lisa Bailey, 32, from Eastbourne, said she felt “embarrassed” after allegedly being told to stop breastfeeding her one-year-old son Kayden-Jay in a school hall because “young boys” were present.

The incident happened at Langney Primary School in Eastbourne on Monday, where parents had gathered to see their children off on a five-day camping trip.

Parents and schoolchildren were waiting in the school hall with their Year six children because the coach was running late.

Headteacher Julie Prentice said she simply offered Ms Bailey the option of a private room.

But the mother-of-four said: “The headteacher kept looking over at me. She came and sat next to me and she said ‘Can I move you to my office?’.

“She was abrupt about it. She said ‘Young boys are in here. They are going to ask questions. We do not want anyone feeling uncomfortable’.

“I said ‘I am not moving, I am feeding my baby’. She had the pushchair and was trying to push it away. She said ‘Well you’re going to have to take him off’. I stopped, as I felt like I had to. I felt so embarrassed. It made me feel dirty.”

Ms Bailey said the school had broken the law under the Equality Act 2010, which says a business cannot discriminate against mothers who are breastfeeding a child of any age.

She has now taken legal advice and says she will be removing her children from the school.

However headteacher Julie Prentice insisted she had not acted inappropriately.

She said: “We always have and always will allow breastfeeding on the site. I believe that I acted appropriately in this instance and was simply giving the option of a private room for the parent to breastfeed, should she find this more comfortable.”