A TEENAGER who waged a campaign of terror against two schools has been hit with an anti-social behaviour order.

The Asbo - passed by magistrates as four teachers were preparing to give evidence against him in court - bans him from all schools in his town, except his own.

The boy targeted Whitefield Community Primary School and Philips High School, both in Whitefield, near Bury.

During one incident at the primary, he burst into an art session being run for the community during the summer holidays and ran around the classroom, swearing in front of young children and abusing members of staff, Bury council said. The local authority said he also made drug-related effigies out of modelling clay and tried to damage the school gates.

Bury magistrates passed a two-year anti-social behaviour order after a council application.

Council bosses said teachers and staff at both schools `flatly refused to tolerate his actions'.

Four teachers and a support staff member attended the hearing but they were not required to give evidence.

"Support"

Rachel Sayers, Bury's anti-social behaviour manager, said: "This order was only made possible because of the support of the staff members at both schools. "This is an example of what can be achieved and I would urge other schools to report any problems to us. The schools just flatly refused to tolerate this boy's actions."

As well as being banned from schools, the boy is also barred from all roads and walkways surrounding Whitefield Community Primary School, on Victoria Avenue.

The teenager, from Whitefield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is also banned from roads and paths surrounding Philips High off Park Lane and Whitefield Golf Course.

The council said he first targeted the primary school more than two years ago.

In February 2006, staff saw him throwing stones at windows, climbing over gates and setting fires on the school's field.

He signed an `Acceptable Behaviour Contract' following the art class incident in September last year but was subsequently convicted of a burglary at Philips High.

Broken into

The council said two geography rooms were broken into. He was sentenced by magistrates to a supervision order.

A council spokesman welcomed the Asbo and said it served as a warning to others.

She said: "It was only made possible by members of the staff at the two schools giving statements and agreeing to appear in court to provide information about the anti-social behaviour and the negative impact this had had on their schools.

"It contains specific conditions to keep him away from the two schools he has targeted and from the staff who gave evidence in support of the Asbo.

"This is the fourth time that Bury council has taken legal action against somebody for causing a nuisance on school premises and formal warnings have been given to a number of other youths. The teenager on this occasion had previously been warned both by the police and council for his conduct on school grounds.

"Vandalism and theft has a huge negative impact on the staff, local residents and especially pupils of schools targeted."

If he breaches his Asbo, the boy could be jailed for up to five years.

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