Families sue Majadahonda school over alleged humiliation before a pupil's death

The complaint

Three families have filed a complaint in court against the San Jaime school in Majadahonda, its former director and a female teacher. The filing accuses them of repeatedly subjecting several pupils to humiliation, abuse and punishments the families call disproportionate. The lawyer Ignacio Gordillo, acting for the families, asks that preliminary proceedings be opened for a crime against moral integrity. The request targets the school company San Jaime S.L., the former director and the teacher.

The pupil's death

The complaint centres on a 14-year-old pupil who died on 29 March. The families want to know whether the way he was treated at school is connected to his death, which the complaint describes as a suicide. According to the filing, the boy had told an independent psychologist about his deep distress before he died.

Allegations inside the classroom

According to the complaint, the boy was repeatedly blamed for incidents in the classroom and was accused of bullying younger pupils. The families say those accusations had no basis. Parents report that the female form tutor later told them she did not believe the teenager had bullied other classmates. The filing also cites public reprimands in front of classmates, repeated expulsions from the classroom and punishments it considers disproportionate.

The families' argument and the school's response

The families argue that these episodes were not isolated but formed part of a prolonged pattern affecting several students. The school, which now has a new director, declined to make statements to Europa Press about the complaint after the agency asked for its version of events. No court decision on the complaint has been reported in the articles.