Head teachers across England are banning girls from wearing skirts in school for fear that their ever-shorter hemlines might put them at risk of an attack. The teachers have asserted that the girls may be forced to wear trousers if they do not comply with the instructions,the Independent reported. A local secondary school in the Kent town of Herne Bay is the latest to dispatch letters to parents,cautioning them that because of serious safeguarding issues,pupils would be compelled to wear trousers if they continue wearing skirts more than 10cm above their knees. Claire Owen,the principal at Herne Bay High School,said that she feared some pupils were putting themselves at risk and that unless skirts became longer,she would institute a ban. While speaking on a local radio station,Dr Owen added that she thought the girls were unaware of the fact that the way they were dressing could give out the wrong message. The school is following the lead of a number of others across England,from Cheshire to Suffolk,that have inflicted or have threatened to inflict a ban on skirts this year,with most citing health and safety or safeguarding.
