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Schoolgirls left in tears after being ordered to stand in line
Parents at Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, claimed girls whose skirts were deemed too short were made to queue up and asked to adjust their skirts by teachers - and that parents were contacted if they did not comply.
Both male and female teachers were involved in the inspection, it is understood.
One woman told the liverpool Echo her 'granddaughter came home mortified that her skirt height was inspected by a male teacher in front of male pupils'.
A parent claimed some pupils had been left 'crying and embarrassed' as a petition was started titled 'Stop Rainford High controlling girls skirtd'.
The parent, who asked not to be named, told the st Helens star: My daughter stated that they are asked to adjust their skirt and if they say no or cannot then parents are contacted and told their child must come in the following day in a longer skirt or they will be given a detention.'
'I do understand some students may wear particularly short skirts, but that cannot be the case for this amount of girls. They shouldn't get detention or suspension over skirt length.
'The male students are now using this as an excuse to laugh at the girls, what message is this sending to them?'
Another parent told the Liverpool Echo: 'My daughter came home in tears after this debacle. One of the highest achievers in her year, never been in trouble in her life and is subject to this.
'Skirt at the knee and wearing tights too. Young girls lined up at the door and separated by male staff! 2023 not 1823.'
Rainford High's Principal Ian Young said the school had been 'concerned about the failure of a significant number of students to wear the skirt to the standards and expectations laid down in the uniform policy' adding that they have 'taken firm action to politely challenge our students around how they wear uniform'.
He confirmed to the MailOnline: 'No one has been suspended directly for not wearing the uniform correctly. Students have been suspended due to their conduct towards staff that is linked to the issue but no one at all has been suspended for not wearing a skirt in line with the school policy.'
A petition, started by Lexi Pennington, claims that girls are being 'punished' for wearing skirts above their knee.
'Parents during a cost of living crisis are being forced to buy new skirts or risk the children being suspended from school, in a school that constantly preaches the importance of students attending school and lessons they find suspension a suitable consequence which is completely contradictory to the schools aim, school is supposed to prepare us for the workplace however when we see teachers in the school walking around their workplace with skirts not following these same rules it seems very unjust,' the description states.
'Also given the fact the pupils are being treated almost as animal being almost headed into a penned in section in the auditorium to be inspected seems very demeaning and almost inhumane to the female students being inspected by the male staff.
'I understand the fact that some skirts are too short and incredibly revealing and are not suited to a school setting however unless these extreme violations occur I don't see why girls legs are much of a problem to the school community and how girls with skirts that are an inch above the top of the knee are deemed unacceptable and these perfectly fine skirts are being forced to be replaced which see is wasteful.'
It argues there are more important issues for the school, rather than trying to 'control' skirt lengths.
The full statement issued by Principal Ian Young:
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Parents at Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, claimed girls whose skirts were deemed too short were made to queue up and asked to adjust their skirts by teachers - and that parents were contacted if they did not comply.
Both male and female teachers were involved in the inspection, it is understood.
One woman told the liverpool Echo her 'granddaughter came home mortified that her skirt height was inspected by a male teacher in front of male pupils'.
A parent claimed some pupils had been left 'crying and embarrassed' as a petition was started titled 'Stop Rainford High controlling girls skirtd'.
The parent, who asked not to be named, told the st Helens star: My daughter stated that they are asked to adjust their skirt and if they say no or cannot then parents are contacted and told their child must come in the following day in a longer skirt or they will be given a detention.'
'I do understand some students may wear particularly short skirts, but that cannot be the case for this amount of girls. They shouldn't get detention or suspension over skirt length.
'The male students are now using this as an excuse to laugh at the girls, what message is this sending to them?'
Another parent told the Liverpool Echo: 'My daughter came home in tears after this debacle. One of the highest achievers in her year, never been in trouble in her life and is subject to this.
'Skirt at the knee and wearing tights too. Young girls lined up at the door and separated by male staff! 2023 not 1823.'
Rainford High's Principal Ian Young said the school had been 'concerned about the failure of a significant number of students to wear the skirt to the standards and expectations laid down in the uniform policy' adding that they have 'taken firm action to politely challenge our students around how they wear uniform'.
He confirmed to the MailOnline: 'No one has been suspended directly for not wearing the uniform correctly. Students have been suspended due to their conduct towards staff that is linked to the issue but no one at all has been suspended for not wearing a skirt in line with the school policy.'
A petition, started by Lexi Pennington, claims that girls are being 'punished' for wearing skirts above their knee.
'Parents during a cost of living crisis are being forced to buy new skirts or risk the children being suspended from school, in a school that constantly preaches the importance of students attending school and lessons they find suspension a suitable consequence which is completely contradictory to the schools aim, school is supposed to prepare us for the workplace however when we see teachers in the school walking around their workplace with skirts not following these same rules it seems very unjust,' the description states.
'Also given the fact the pupils are being treated almost as animal being almost headed into a penned in section in the auditorium to be inspected seems very demeaning and almost inhumane to the female students being inspected by the male staff.
'I understand the fact that some skirts are too short and incredibly revealing and are not suited to a school setting however unless these extreme violations occur I don't see why girls legs are much of a problem to the school community and how girls with skirts that are an inch above the top of the knee are deemed unacceptable and these perfectly fine skirts are being forced to be replaced which see is wasteful.'
It argues there are more important issues for the school, rather than trying to 'control' skirt lengths.
The full statement issued by Principal Ian Young:
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