Furious mum slams school for sending daughter home TWICE over ‘crazy’ uniform rule – as DOZENS miss out on first day lessons

A MUM has slammed her daughter's school after a "crazy" new headmistress sent DOZENS of kids home on their first day over uniform rules.

Julie Allen, from Newark, says daughter Michaela was sent packing TWICE before teachers finally let her into lessons - three hours after she first arrived for school.

Scores of furious mums slammed Magnus Academy's new headteacher on social media after tens of children were sent home for wearing the wrong uniform.

One claimed so many children were put in isolation for wearing the wrong uniform "there was no room left" for more supposed rule-breakers.

Angry Julie, 54, said: "Michaela was sent home for the length of her skirt, so I took her back and changed her into another one.

"When I got her back to school they said 'no, that's not adequate'. She's got five skirts and apparently not one is adequate.

"I'm sorry but what has a skirt length got to do with education?"

Julie demanded to speak to the headteacher but was refused and told Michaela would not be allowed into lessons unless she went out and bought appropriate uniform immediately.

She said: "I ended up driving to Asda to buy her a pair of trousers, as I couldn't find any skirts meeting the length they want.

"They cost £6, they weren't expensive - but that's not the point, it's the principle."

The angry mum says the policy has always been the skirt must be a credit card width above the knee - but she is now being forced to find longer skirts for Michaela, who is in Year 11, to wear for just three terms.

She said: "Why should I go and buy my daughter all new uniforms even though she's only just gone into Year 11 and only has a few terms left. I'm not going to spend a fortune on a whole new uniform.

"I'd understand if they were phasing it in for the Year 7's or the younger students, but I already had half the uniform and I bought the other half before the school sent a letter saying they were clamping down."

The 54-year-old said the school's want the skirts to be so long she couldn't even find an appropriate one in Asda.

She said: "Honestly if you look at the skirts they're not even that short. I took her into Asda to buy another one but couldn't find one the right length.

"She's not even a tall girl - she's quite petite - but I hung an age 16 against her and it wasn't even to the knee."

Michaela says the school has enforced a no short skirt, no tight trousers, no dolly shoes, no jewellery, no short hair cuts for boys and no make-up rule.

She said: "They can't wear anything really. They even tried to say students have to wear long-sleeve blouses now, which caused outrage as most parents have already bought 10 short-sleeve ones."

Michaela is entering her GCSE year and Julie says she needs "all the help she can get".

She said: "It's not fair, she's dyslexic and needs all the help she can get - to keep her out of lessons is unfair."

Dozens of parents and pupils complained about the school's "ridiculous" rules on social media.

One unnamed parent complained: "My daughter got sent home from school today, she has the correct shoes, a knee-length skirt, non-see-through tights, a white shirt, her blazer and tie, no jewellery and her hair is a natural colour.

"This time it was because her skirt wasn't the right material. Takes the p***!"

Another added: "Magnus has nearly every girl in isolation because something isn't quite right with their uniform.

"There's no wonder half the kids don't want to be there. Nothing less than bully teachers."

A spokesperson for Magnus Academy has been contacted for comment.

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