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Influenced by fashion trends, many female students in UK secondary schools are wearing increasingly shorter skirts. According to BBC Chinese, ensuring student safety is the responsibility of schools and teachers, but one school in the UK has taken a different approach. St. Aidan's Church of England School, located in North Yorkshire, has introduced a new policy prohibiting female students from wearing short skirts.
Reports indicate that the school has required all female students to wear trousers instead of short skirts, citing that the length of some girls' skirts is "inappropriate." The school's administration believes that while students may wear short skirts, they are "completely unaware of the implications this attire may have on outsiders."
School principal Dennis Richards clarified this decision in a letter to parents, stating that all students must comply with the new policy starting in September.
Protecting girls
Richards noted that "parents coming to the school are surprised by their daughters' attire, as the length of the skirts worn at home is vastly different from those worn at school."
He also expressed that the school is currently "seriously concerned" about this issue. "Wearing excessively short skirts can lead to unnecessary trouble for twelve and thirteen-year-old girls, affecting their safety."
Richards mentioned that he has received feedback from parents who are "very grateful that the school has made this difficult decision from their perspective." Carolyn Brown, a parent of a current student, expressed to reporters that she "fully supports the school's decision."
However, another parent, Jo Bagley, believes that "on one hand, society generally expects girls to dress like girls; on the other hand, the school prohibits them from wearing skirts. It seems unreasonable to put students in such a dilemma."
