A campaigning schoolboy donned a skirt at school after teachers refused to let male students wear shorts during the hot weather. Sandy Page, 47, said her son Toby, 13, wore a skirt after having to wear trousers during the "sweltering hot" heatwave when temperatures hit 29C.
A group of Year 8 boys, including Toby, donned shorts last week in protest. However, after being reprimanded they launched a petition demanding that boys be allowed to wear them during hot weather.
The petition has since been signed by 700 people - including parents at the school and female students at Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, Suffolk. To get his point across, Toby decided to borrow a female classmates skirt on Monday - as it was technically not against the rules - and wear it for the day.
