Angry mum comes down hard on daughter's school after they banned her from wearing jumper
A very upset mum has decided to fight back for her daughter after she was ordered to stop wearing her own jumper in class at her school. Imagine!
Mia's mother has clearly had enough. The weather is absolutely freezing in the northern hemisphere and children have to cover up to keep warm.
However, she claims children are left 'absolutely freezing' due to windows and doors being kept open to help air circulate.
Mia, is an 11-year-old student at Stoke Damerel Community College in Plymouth. She was given a plain, long-sleeved black jumper to wear at school by her mum. However, the garment doesn't comply with the school's uniform policy, which states students must wear sleeveless jumpers if they want something to go over their shirt. Blazers are also permitted.
Anita Frier, Stoke Damerel Community College's executive principal, has addressed the situation and maintained that Mia has been treated fairly.
Mia's mum just feels that the short-sleeved jumpers that are permitted aren't suitable, and fears the stress of the situation could affect her studies - with GCSE exams coming up in December.
The concerned parent said:
As you can imagine, it's quite icy cold most days and the children are being left absolutely freezing. They're allowed to keep their blazers on. The schools do offer black jumpers, but they're sleeveless. So we provided my daughter with a long-sleeved, plain black, knitted v-neck school jumper which the school have banned her from wearing, as it's not one of their own. She's been told if she doesn't remove the jumper and comply, she'll have to be put into isolation which could then lead to her being excluded.
Mia's mum said the jumper she gave her daughter has no logos, sequins or other embellishments, arguing it's a 'proper school jumper'.
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