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Pupils have been banned from wearing short skirts at a Staffordshire school because they are distracting to male teachers and other pupils.
The
headteacher of Trentham High School in Stoke-on-Trent, Dr Rowena
Blencowe, feels she has been forced to take action after constantly
seeing young girls rolling their skirts up in between classes, News Team
has reported.
Describing it as “inappropriate,” Dr Blencowe added the “girls are coming in with skirts that just cover their bottoms.”
She
said it’s a safeguarding issue and that, when the academic year starts
in September, pupils who do not abide by the new rules will be sent home
if they do not wear ‘business-like trousers’.
While some pupils welcomed the decision, others have said the move will be ‘impractical’ because of warm weather.
Parents
have also been divided over the decision with one supporting the
decision, saying teachers must be getting “fed-up” of having to put
their efforts into telling pupils off about their dress-code – and
losing out on valuable teaching time.
Another criticised the decision saying it’s “a shame” that the young girls haven’t had a say in the choice.
Speaking
with The Independent, deputy head Laurence Morris described the media
furore around the subject as “disconcerting” and expressed his surprise
as to how a routine meeting led to this being a national issue.
Mr Morris added: “We don’t seek publicity – we’re not that kind of school. We want to focus on teaching and learning.
“We’re a good school making rapid improvements and want to ensure that the students do the best they can do.
“We don’t want to waste our time over the lengths of skirts.”
The
move comes just weeks after a top private school, St Margaret’s School
in Hertfordshire, also banned female pupils from wearing short skirts
and ‘too much make-up’ in order to keep them ‘focused’.
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