Don't skirt around the tights issue it's sexist V Put a sock in it and accept school rules

OPINIONS DIVIDED OVER TRUST'S UNIFORM BAN FOR GIRLS

A DECISION to ban girls from wearing socks with their school skirts has sparked a furious debate.

The M.E.N. reported how the change to wearing opaque non-patterned black tights is being introduced at Salford schools Moorside High School in Swinton and Ellesmere Park High in Eccles, both run by the Consilium Academies Trust.

Parents said it's part of the trust's 'clampdown' on girls wearing short skirts and is 'telling girls they need to cover their bare legs because males can't control themselves.

But the trust has stopped short of mentioning the length of skirts in its letter to parents and focused on pupils needing to adhere to 'a professional dress code' that 'prepares them for future professional settings where appearance plays a role! Hundreds of readers responded to the story on the M.E.N.'s Facebook page and opinion is divided.

"Just wear correct uniform," said one.

"I know it sounds extreme at times, but rules are rules, it's that simple. Don't like them don't send them to that school." "Too many entitled parents that back their kids' behaviour," said another. "You picked that school and knew the policies, either follow them or find a new school."

One mum said some of the skirt lengths she has seen on girls is 'obscene' and suggested 'a blanket policy of knee length skirts, and if it doesn't touch the knee then send them home."