GOVERNORS at a Ramsbottom high school have decided to ban girls from wearing skirts and make them wear trousers instead.
The ban for girls at Woodhey High School will begin from September.
The decision has come because the pupils often roll skirts up at the waist to make them shorter, breaking the rule that they should be no more than three inches above the knee.
Governors claim that the short skirts create an "unfavourable image of the school" and can be "undignified and embarrassing" for girls sitting on the floor during assemblies and drama lessons.
A letter about the ban has been sent to parents and headteacher Mr Martin Braidley says there have only been "three or four" complaints from parents.
What do you think? Is the school right to ban girls wearing skirts?
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