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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Emma Gill

'My son was put in detention for wearing shorts...when I complained they said he could wear a skirt'

A mum claims she was told her son could wear a skirt to school when she complained about a shorts ban.

Toni Hurst raised the issue with staff at Hazel Grove High School in Stockport when her son Tom Forster was put in detention for wearing shorts during the heatwave. She said a member of staff told her over the phone that 'boys are free to wear skirts instead of long trousers' and if the 13-year-old attended wearing shorts again, he would be put in isolation.

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