Parents say every isolation unit at a school, and its hall, has been left full after children were pulled out of classes for breaching uniform rules - and have accused the headteacher of running a 'military camp'. In the latest row an eight-year-old boy has been banned from wearing school shoes bought from Clarks.
The school has already banned Nike Air Forces and Hush Puppies, and one mum says her son was told he couldn't wear his new Clarks shoes because they look a bit like Nikes. One girl was last week accused of wearing make-up and another girl has fallen foul of the rules because her skirt is the wrong material.
One mum of as child at Moorside High School in Werrington said: "They are there for an education - they are not there to be treated like caged animals. They are putting them in isolation rooms and not letting them mix with their peers at lunch breaks or anything - they are eating their lunch in these rooms.
