A mixed academy secondary school and sixth form has banned pupils from wearing school skirts in favour of plain black trousers. Neale-Wade Academy in March, Cambridgeshire, said skirts had been a ...

A mixed secondary school and sixth form has banned its pupils from wearing school skirts and has asked all students to wear plain black trousers instead. Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech ...

The school is standing by its decision, arguing that the plain black skirt "conspicuously" showed religious affiliation, AFP reported. According to the 2004 law that governs secularity in schools ...

Belts must be plain, narrow, black, and fitted through belt loops of trousers. Pupils are also ordered to wear sky blue polo shirts or sweatshirts bearing the school's logo.

Parents were outraged and described the decision as 'tone deaf' Credit: Getty The decision by Priestlands School, in Lymington, Hants, to replace its plain dark coloured skirts has been branded a ...

"Therefore, in the September 2022/23 Uniform Policy (if skirts are retained as part of the school’s policy),the following wording will be changed from :“Plain black trousers (or skirt - plain ...

Toni Hurst from Stockport says she was baffled when Hazel Grove High School told her that Tom Foster, 13, would be put in isolation if he didn't follow the rules.

This week, dozens of boys at a school in Exeter wore skirts in protest against 'no shorts' rule. When I embarked on one such battle in 2011, at the age of 11, little did I imagine that this would ...

George Abbot School parent claims 'discrimination' over new £25 school skirt The new skirt is plain black apart from a small blue wave near the hemline, while plain alternatives are available for ...

Her black loafers and white socks, on the other hand, sent me hurtling back to the preppy, heritage brand-centric ensembles of the lads who populated my high school's lacrosse team.

Daisy added: "It's not like she doesn't want to wear the school skirt. She is in Year 8 and wore one throughout her first year. “But she's had a growth spurt over the summer and her old one doesn't ...

A mixed secondary school and sixth form has banned its pupils from wearing school skirts and has asked all students to wear plain black trousers instead. Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech ...