THE mother of a Dyson Perrins student has praised the school for its care and support after her daughter was badly injured during a history trip to France.

When 14-year-old Sam Daly was hospitalised after falling more than 15-feet from a World War One monument, one of her teachers back in England collected her mum Tracy Hall and drove for 16 solid hours to bring the teenager home.

Sam is in plaster and recovering at home after breaking five bones in her foot and smashing the bottom of her tibia and heel.

She has two screws in her heel and is due back in hospital today for x-rays to determine whether she needs further surgery.

With taxis reluctant to take an injured passenger, two of Sam’s teachers literally took turns to piggyback her through the Paris streets to get to a hospital.

One teacher spent the whole night at her side before Dysons’ head of history Ray Burrows collected Mrs Hall in his own car at 2.30pm the next afternoon and drove to Paris, returning home at 6.30am the next morning after 16 hours on the road.

Mrs Hall said: “I don’t think that there are many teachers who would have done that, and I cannot say how grateful I am to the school and all the teachers involved for the way they have looked after Sam.

“They were incredibly supportive and kept me informed of absolutely everything that was going on. It is nice to know that if your child goes away and has an accident that they are so well looked after.”