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School bans Short skirts and tight-fitting trousers
Report by Charlotte Richardson , chief reporter
Sunday, September 16, 2012
1:00 PM
A NORTH Somerset school has banned tight-fitting trousers and short skirts in an effort to prevent ‘the sexualisation of children’.
Worle Community School says it told parents last academic year that girls had to wear plain, black tailored trousers from the start of the new term.
But instead some youngsters returned to classes wearing ‘sexy girl’ labels and tight ‘figure hugging’ garments last week.
So deputy headteacher, Lesley Evans, has sent a further letter home to parents telling them the school dress code now requires girls to wear a plain, black, tailored knee-length skirt or plain, black, tailored trousers, worn on the waist.
Students have been told garments must not reveal any underwear and leggings, skinny trousers and jeans are banned.
By the end of October all girls’ trousers will need to be straight, bootcut or flared and fitted on the waist.
By the end of December trousers or skirts with fittings associated with jeans, including jeans-style buttons and studs, logos and labels visible when they are worn, will also be banned at the Redwing Drive school.
Parent Darren Wells, whose daughter Ashleigh is in year 11, says it is ‘pathetic’ she has been subjected to the new rules when she is in her final months of school.
He said: “She’s been wearing these types of trousers for two years.
“I agree they shouldn’t have pink hair, but we all went to school once and we know what it’s like.
“This is a crucial time for my daughter.”
But Ms Evans told the Mercury this week she is concerned the dress of some students could draw attention to a part of a girl’s body that is ‘inappropriate’ for school.
She said: “We have girls wearing trousers with two rows of three jeans buttons directly on the front of the trousers in place of a conventional fastening.
“They are not normally a feature of tailored trousers and draw attention to a part of a girl’s body we feel is inappropriate for school.
“We have a moral duty not to support the sexualisation of children and to remove social pressure to confirm to worrying stereotypes.”
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12 comments
i'm actually a student at the school and they don't show anything, we are supposed to be learning but the teachers waste the lesson enforcing rules most of them don't agree with
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Jay Clot
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
i'm actually a student at the school and they don't show anything, we are supposed to be learning but the teachers waste the lesson enforcing rules most of them don't agree with
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Jay Clot
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
i'm actually a student at the school and they don't show anything, we are supposed to be learning but the teachers waste the lesson enforcing rules most of them don't agree with
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Jay Clot
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
i agree with this totally,kids of today get away with so much!,who wants to see the crack of a girls bottom its not nice with these low cut hipsters,rules are rules and its not really much for parents to grumble about,we had to wear proper school uniform,broadoak and hans price look smart!!,and in later life kids need to understand they will get jobs ad will have to wear some sort of uniform!!!,and its good of schools to impose rules and discipline,the rest outside of school is down to PARENTS!!
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Angelica Hayes
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
i agree with this totally,kids of today get away with so much!,who wants to see the crack of a girls bottom its not nice with these low cut hipsters,rules are rules and its not really much for parents to grumble about,we had to wear proper school uniform,broadoak and hans price look smart!!,and in later life kids need to understand they will get jobs ad will have to wear some sort of uniform!!!,and its good of schools to impose rules and discipline,the rest outside of school is down to PARENTS!!
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Angelica Hayes
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
i agree with this totally,kids of today get away with so much!,who wants to see the crack of a girls bottom its not nice with these low cut hipsters,rules are rules and its not really much for parents to grumble about,we had to wear proper school uniform,broadoak and hans price look smart!!,and in later life kids need to understand they will get jobs ad will have to wear some sort of uniform!!!,and its good of schools to impose rules and discipline,the rest outside of school is down to PARENTS!!
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Angelica Hayes
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Well done and about time.
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T-Bone
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sooner the schools improve manners, road sense and good behaviour before dress codes.
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Simo
Monday, September 17, 2012
Great idea, well done Worle school. Yes, I went to school once and I know what it was like...I would have been sent home or removed from circulation if I went to school wearing tight trousers or short skirts. Sorry, but I agree with the head here...it just gives out the wrong impression. They are still kids and therefore need to be dressed appropriately. Plenty of time for dressing up when they are at home and not at school
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Tetley
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Great idea, well done Worle school. Yes, I went to school once and I know what it was like...I would have been sent home or removed from circulation if I went to school wearing tight trousers or short skirts. Sorry, but I agree with the head here...it just gives out the wrong impression. They are still kids and therefore need to be dressed appropriately. Plenty of time for dressing up when they are at home and not at school
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Tetley
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Maybe it will help at school to ban this but it wont stop them doing what they want outside school.
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DivineArchangel
Sunday, September 16, 2012
About time too. School is not a Fashion Parade! Broadoak students and now Hans Price,look really smart. That is the way to go...
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hills
Sunday, September 16, 2012