My daughter is banned from school & could miss exams as teachers suddenly decided her SKIRT is too short after 9 months
A FURIOUS mum claims her teen daughter was banned from school and could miss exams –because teachers suddenly decided her SKIRT was too short.
Zoe Graham, from Bakersfield, Nottingham, said she's at "breaking point" as the punishment is forcing her daughter to miss valuable lesson time.
The carer said her daughter has been wearing the same skirt, which had "never been a problem before", since September.
Nine months later, a new uniform policy kicked in - which parents were informed of at the start of June.
Now Zoe's daughter has been banned after a row over her skirt length, which is supposed to be on the knee.
The mum is distraught, worried about her dyslexic daughter's learning and terrified that she'll be kept from sitting the exams themselves.
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The pupil was sent to isolation on Monday after being told her skirt was "too short" and didn't meet the school's latest uniform standards, the furious mum told.
She continued to attend classes at Nottingham Academy until Wednesday morning.
Staff then told Zoe her daughter was banned until Monday.
Zoe said: "They cannot do this because my daughter needs to be in school. She is already dyslexic, she is already beyond. And they sent her to isolation and she refused.
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"A child should not be isolated over a skirt. She has done nothing wrong."
Parents received a letter at the start of June about the uniform policy change and the Academy's website states skirts should be "no shorter than knee length".
The school said it is a new policy and it is "continuing to
communicate with families to provide additional support, including
offering free clothing and shoes to individual pupils as needed".
But Zoe did not think this was reason to deny her daughter her education.
"She has been wearing the same uniform since September. You cannot expect pupils to get new uniforms overnight," she said.
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Zoe said her daughter struggles with dyslexia and criticised the school for the "lack of support".
She added: "She was told she is dyslexic in Year 8. She is now in Year 10 and she had no support whatsoever. Nothing.
"She is supposed to be doing mock exams this week and she is not
allowed in school. I am at a breaking point and I do not know what to
do as a parent."
A spokesperson from the Nottingham Academy said: “We set the highest expectations in every part of school life to ensure all pupils can achieve their potential.
"As part of this, we recently updated our behaviour policy, which includes uniform expectations.
"We appreciate this is a new policy and are continuing to communicate with our families to provide additional support, including offering free clothing and shoes to individual pupils as needed.
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“We are also committed to ensuring all pupils are supported with their individual learning needs and have robust procedures in place,
including working with experts, charities and relevant organisations,
to ensure they receive the full educational experience and that their
health and wellbeing is supported and enables them to thrive.
“While it would be inappropriate to comment on individual
circumstances, we would like to reassure our entire school community that we will continue to maintain our high standards to ensure every child has access to the best possible education and is empowered to fulfil potential.”
