Headteacher offers to BUY uniform for pupils after 200 children were kept in isolation for turning up in the wrong … – Daily Mail

A secondary school which put hundreds of children in isolation after pupils broke their strict uniform rules has come up with a solution – by offering to buy them the correct clothing.

Barr Beacon School in Aldridge near Birmingham, West Midlands, made the offer after a crackdown on trainers, short skirts and low-slung trousers caught out students on their return.

Stern executive headteacher Dame Maureen Brennan sent pupils home at the start of the summer holidays with a warning letter about expensive designers trying to pass off black trainers as school shoes.

Nike Air Force, Adidas Superstars, Vans and Converse were among the well-known brands banned by the school.

The letter also declared girls’ skirts should be an appropriate length – with no ‘belts’ allowed – and reminded parents that gel nails and ‘extreme’ hairstyles are prohibited.

Barr Beacon School (pictured) made the offer after 200 children were put in isolation

But on Tuesday scores of pupils turned up to the school with incorrect uniform – and 200 were kept on lock-down in the school hall.

The school, which acquired Academy status in 2011, has even offered to fork out to replace incorrect items so pupils can comply with the strict dress code.

A statement from Dame Brennan said: ‘At the end of last term, skirts started to creep up, trousers started to fall down (we asked for black belts to be work to keep the boys’ trousers avoiding the need to see underwear) and trainers were starting to be evident at Barr Beacon School.

‘We posted a letter to our parents at the start of the summer holidays informing them that a number of sportswear and leisurewear companies had been advertising black trainers as school shoes. 

‘We also reminded parents that skirts should be knee length and not belts, figure hugging, tight or short, that trousers should not be leggings, jeggings or roll on tight trousers, that false and gel nails were not permitted, that no extreme hairstyles were permitted and that correct black, leather school shoes must be worn and trainers, canvas pumps and work boots were unacceptable.

‘Yesterday, 1,300 pupils arrived at school for the new academic term looking very smart and in the correct school uniform, whilst those not in correct uniform were kept in the school hall.

‘Parents were contacted and reminded again about the need for the correct uniform.

‘We are realistic and we do know parents buy items from shops in good faith and cannot always afford to replace incorrect purchases.

‘We also know that children tell their parents that “everyone wears those”.

‘We will buy shoes and trousers for those parents who cannot afford to replace the “wrong ones”.

‘We were also aware that a number of girls produced acceptable skirts from their school bags when they realised they would be in isolation for wearing the right, clingy, short skirts they were wearing.

‘However, yesterday the overwhelming majority of our children followed the uniform rules and looked a delight.’

The headteacher said the majority of students had returned yesterday – Wednesday – in the correct uniform but some still had to be retained in isolation.

Nike Air Force 1s (pictured) are banned by the school and a number of children were put in isolation because they were wearing the wrong footwear 

She said: ‘Only a small number of children remain away from the rest of the school on Wednesday. Parents have praised the school for maintaining its high standards.’

However, the crackdown angered some parents.

One mother said that she kept her son off school on Wednesday, after she claimed the Year 9 pupil was kept out of lessons without lunch on Tuesday because of his boot-style shoes.

She said: ‘They’re like work boots – we bought them from Sports Direct and they’re like Timberlands, which are allowed.

‘He takes a men’s size nine and I bought them because they’re cheaper than men’s shoes.

‘They are tough, durable and I want them to last him. I took him out of school because I’d prefer him to do work at home and stimulate his mind that way.’ 

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