A distraught girl has been left in "limbo" at home after being barred from returning to her old school and rejected by seven others.

Kristen Watson, 15, stopped going to The Beacon School, in Picquets Way, Banstead in June after feeling bullied.

The family claim they were advised to take her off the school roll.

Over the summer she has been rejected by eight other schools but has "built bridges" with some of those at the Beacon who upset her and now desperately wants to return.

But the school will not take her back.

Kristen said: "I just feel everything I have worked for is gone really. It makes me quite angry because I don’t get why the Beacon won’t accept me back because I’m used to their curriculum."

She misses having a social life and lessons at school, and said: "It’s all cut off. You just sit at home and do nothing. It’s depressing."

Your Local Guardian:

Of the bullying, she said: "They were my friends but they decided to turn against me. I was shocked. I didn’t think what was going to happen when I decided I didn’t want to go back."

Her father Andy Watson said after a meeting at the school in June an education welfare officer advised his wife in confidence to take her off roll so she could get into another school.

He said: "It’s totally backfired. We’re in limbo. My daughter is so depressed. It’s terrible. Nobody has held up their hands and taken responsibility for telling us to take her off the roll."

He said his daughter had been told she may only get a third of the GCSEs which she is supposed to sit at the end of Year 11.

It is understood the education welfare officer does not work for Surrey County Council, and Mr Watson believes she is employed by the Beacon.

Your Local Guardian:

Kristen Watson with her mum Lorrae

In a letter, dated September 8, the school said: "Following your in-year application for a place for Kristen I am sorry to tell you that I am not able to offer a place at the Beacon school due to the following reasons.

"Kristen is currently in Year 11 and has had a period of over two months out of education and meets the criteria for In Year Fair Access Panel (IYFAP)."

In an email to the family, Martin Healy, South East lead for Access to Education at Surrey County Council, said the school had deemed her "hard to place" under the IYFAP protocol.

He said: "The hard to place panel takes place half-termly, at this the local head teachers try to place young people out of school.

"This meeting is due to take place on October 21. It is envisaged that young people will start at their new school as soon as possible after that."

In terms of provision from the council, he said a tutor had started working with her, a learning mentor would be in touch and they would offer online learning.

Mr Watson confirmed a mentor visited last Wednesday while the tutor visited for an informal chat on Tuesday and was due to return on Thursday.

A Surrey County Council spokesman said: "We’re doing everything possible to find a place for Kirsten as quickly as we can after her parents removed her from an academy to educate her at home.

"In the meantime, we’re ensuring she continues to keep up with her studies by providing home tuition."

The PA to Beacon principal Lisa Croke said the head was declining to comment.