Kerry Katona’s daughter, 12, ‘absolutely gutted’ after her private school shuts down forcing her to go to state school

KERRY Katona has revealed her 12-year-old daughter has been left “absolutely gutted” after her private school closed down. The former Atomic Kitten star has now enrolled Dylan-Jorge, known as DJ, at a local state school. Kerry Katona has revealed her youngest daughter DJ is moving to a state school Credit: Instagram Kerry pictured with her five children Molly, Lilly-Sue, Heidi, Max and DJ Credit: kerrykatona7/Instagram Kerry, 45, said: “DJ’s off school for the summer. She’s absolutely gutted because her private school shut down, so I’ve put her into a state school. “Before, she’d get about 12 weeks off, so now she’s in shock that she only gets half that.” Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! Private schools typically have longer holidays than state schools, often breaking up in early July for the summer. Mum-of-five Kerry went on to blast schools for giving children ‘too much’ homework during the holidays. Kerry blasted schools for setting children homework during the summer holidays Credit: Getty Kerry previously refused to pay for daughter Heidi to attend a private sixth form Credit: heidikatona/Instagram She told the Mirror: “I love it when the holidays come round. School is all hands up to ask a question, hands up to go to the toilet. “Then they send my child home with homework after they’ve had them in class for six hours a day. I think it’s rubbish!” Kerry, who is currently dating fitness trainer Paolo Margaglione, shares DJ with her late husband George Kay, who died in 2019. She also has daughters Molly, 24, and Lilly-Sue, 23, with former Westlife singer Brian McFadden, as well as Heidi, 19, and Max, 18, with ex-husband Mark Croft. Most read in Showbiz The star previously revealed she had refused to pay for Heidi to attend a private sixth form because the teenager was unsure about her future. Speaking in 2024, Kerry said: “She asked to carry on her studies in a private school’s sixth form, but I refuse to pay for that because she’s not in school enough as it is and she hates it. “It’d be different if she decided she wanted to go to drama school — I would pay for that because she’s a born star and is really good.” Comment now