A council scrutiny committee meeting on the impact of a music festival was branded a “complete whitewash” and “disgraceful” by residents who attended.

The Haringey Council committee met to discuss the impact and future of the Wireless Festival, which took place on Finsbury Park last summer.

Hundreds of people broke through 12ft barriers and fights erupted as gatecrashers forced their way into the festival in July.

The Friends of Finsbury Park group attended the meeting - but were left angry at what they believed was a refusal to hear their point of view.

Sarah Caton, governor at Stroud Green Primary School, which is next to Finsbury Park, said the sound created by the festival had made it impossible to teach classes.

She said: “It was like being in the front row of the festival in the classroom. If you are going to hold these in the summer, then you should close the school.

“The head said their chair was shaking from the sound of the festival, and it was in a room facing away from the music.

“The fences around the park were ugly, unfriendly, and up for two weeks. You do not want your children educated behind such monstrous structures."

She also said that festival goers had been drinking vodka in the sandpit in Finsbury Park, with noone policing the facility.

Kevin Duffy, chair of the Friends of Finsbury Park said he was disappointed in the council’s report, which includes 14 suggestions into how to improve festivals in the park.

He said: “You have decided to prop up the event rather that giving a full review of it.

“Wireless 2015 was a complete disaster. Our view is that Haringey is in very serious breach of its own guidelines to protect children from harm.

“You are looking at this as accountants rather than as guardians, in my view. There are costs to people’s lives, and for people to enjoy their homes.

“Finsbury Park is not the largest park in London, so should not hosts such a large event. We are not against all events, but we are against inappropriate events in inappropriate places, and Wireless is inappropriate.

“The council is keen on rebranding. The borough has been rebranded as a place where drug dealers roam and illegal raves are rife.”

As the meeting went on, it became more rowdy and aggressive, with both sides interrupting one another, with accusations that the councillors were not properly answering questions.

When the group’s time ended, they left unhappily, heckling the councillors as they attempted to begin the remainder of the meeting, with calls of “whitewash”, “disgrace”, and “you should be ashamed of yourselves.”

Cllr Charles Wright, who chaired the meeting, said: “We’ve taken on a significant amount of evidence about the event. We hope the factors taken together provide an adequate solution.

“I don’t think money trumps everything, but I think the economy generated is a significant factor. It’s a balance we think can be struck.

“We are not seeking to minimise the impact of local residents. However we feel the management of these events are improving.”

The recommendations of the committee, including a review of fencing arrangements, improvement of the complaints process, improving quality of security and redesigning speakers and stage to reduce noise pollution, will go to the council cabinet for approval.