‘Distracting’ skirts banned in UK school

London, July 3

A school headmistress has banned skirts at a secondary school in the UK’s West Midlands region to prevent male teachers and pupils getting “distracted”.

Rowena Blencowe of Trentham High School in Stoke-on- Trent, Staffordshire took the action because she was fed up with reprimanding girls for showing too much leg and wearing skirts that “barely covered their bottoms”.

As a result, all students will now have to wear trousers from September this year. “It’s been an increasing problem over the past two years, especially with the older pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11. Girls in year seven, and possibly year eight, tend to abide by the rules, but as they get older the skirts get shorter,” Blencowe told the ‘Daily Mirror’.

“Now it’s just a constant nag. Girls are coming in with skirts that just cover their bottoms – it’s totally inappropriate.

“If a skirt is too short, the student is warned and a length of time is agreed for the issue to be resolved, but girls are still coming in with consistently short skirts,” she said.

The headteacher said parents have also been approached and some pupils have been sent home. She added: “We’ve even had to buy some girls new skirts – which isn’t something a school should have to do. PTI