Headteacher Don Smith told parents a total ban was the best policy because ‘we did not want to arrive at a situation where we were telling girls skirts could be only a certain number of centimetres above or below the knee’.
Pupils, parents and teachers at Paget High, near Burton upon Trent, were consulted.
However, the parent of one pupil said: ‘I think girls should be allowed to be feminine.
'Other schools manage to let girls wear skirts while making sure they are not inappropriately dressed. I don't see why Paget can't do the same.'
The new rules also require Muslim head-dresses to be 'school blue' colour.
Paget High is among a growing number to ban skirts altogether rather than to police their length.
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