MUM was fuming when her 11-year-old daughter was sent home by school because she was wearing PE shorts during the heatwave
After teachers had agreed to allow pupils to wear their sports uniforms on Tuesday, the youngster went to school in her sport kit. But she was told that her shorts would be fine. “looked like hot pants”.
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A Year 7 girl was informed that her shorts, which were thigh-length, were unacceptable. “inappropriate”.
The mother, who did not wish to be identified, stated that it was “just creepy to be homosexualizing 11-year old girls like this.”
“My daughter wore shorts for PE lessons because she wanted to be comfortable and not look bad.
“I looked through all of the school uniform policies and it only states that black shorts are allowed.
“Magnus allowed students to come to school wearing PE kits. My daughter has worn the shorts every term as part of her PE kit.
“She was there for 20 minutes, and then they called me to send them home.
“They told her it was inappropriate and that she should change to different PE shorts.
“They are good sports shorts. They were bought in a sports shop, not hot pants.
“I won’t buy her shorts before the end.
“They sent her home but left it unauthorised. It will not be authorized.”
“It is bizarre, as if they haven’t missed out on enough learning.”
Magnus Church of England Academy, Newark, Notts. sent the straight-A student home with 50 other children.
The school is rated as ‘Good’ and caters to 654 pupils between 11-18 years old.
Anna Martin, executive principal, stated that “we just asked students to come home and change into the appropriate PE shorts.”
“While we understand that some girls prefer to wear hot-pants-style shorts for PE and school, they are inappropriate for school.
“We sent this message to parents Friday.
“Some girls still came in the shorts and were sent home to change and the majority of them complied.”