A school that announced plans to ban girls from wearing skirts because it makes male teachers feel “uncomfortable” has faced a backlash from hundreds of furious parents and pupils.
Bridlington School in Hull, East Riding, wrote to parents to inform them that all pupils must wear approved trousers bearing the school’s logo.
The new rule was introduced after a male teacher complained to the headteacher that he had been embarrassed when he told a pupil her skirt was too short and she replied that he should not have been looking at her legs.