CHARGES against Tracey Fidler are set to be withdrawn after she was taken to court for allowing her son to miss school while grieving his father's death.

Reading Borough Council chaired a crunch meeting today in an effort to solve the situation which had seen the mother-of-five threatened with jail time.

Miss Fidler faced the charges after her son Adam, 11, missed out on lessons at Battle Primary Academy in the weeks surrounding the one year anniversary of his dad's death.

Adam's father Kris Jarvis, along with friend John Morland, were killed by a dangerous driver while out cycling in Purley last February.

Tracey said: "Thank God it is over. It should never have gone as far as it did but at least it is behind us now.

"I just could not believe it because it has been such a nightmare. I was just so worried about Adam through all of this.

"I was really shocked by the amount of support that was out there but to find out the amount of people backing me and behind me really helped.

"I really want to thank Tony Jones, he has been amazing from the start to finish."

Cllr Tony Jones, lead councillor for education at Reading Borough Council, said he was pleased the legal action had been dropped.

He said: "I worked very hard with Tracey behind the scenes since hearing about this.

"I am just glad for Tracey and her family that this chapter is over."

Last Friday Miss Fidler appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court charged with allowing her son's non-attendance between January and March of this year.

She was bailed for a later hearing but, pending the signing of legal paperwork, the charges have now been formally dropped.

Cllr Jones said he would be kickstarting an internal review into the council's procedures.

He added: "I would hope that such an upset as this will not be repeated in the future."

A joint statement prepared on behalf of Miss Fidler and the council said: "The Council and Tracey Fidler met today (Oct 1). Following a constructive meeting the Council has reviewed its position and will be withdrawing legal proceedings. The Council will continue to work with the family to provide any support they need."

Following he court appearance Miss Fidler took to social media to vent her frustration with friends rallying to her support.

A petition was launched calling on the council to drop the charges and garnered almost 10,000 signatures in less than a week.

Since news broke of the legal action against Miss Fidler Battle Primary has remained tight-lipped despite attendence figures being compiled by school leaders before being passed on to the council.