Beacon Hill

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By Leona Smart & Rakeem OmarBBC News

Parents said they were furious their daughters had been Taken Out of lessons for wearing stretchy black trousers at a school that recently starred in a BBC documentary about behaviour.

One mum claimed Some Girls had to go into cupboards to Change - Something The Head of Beacon Hill Academy in Sedgley denied.

The Secondary School said it would buy a uniform if there were " difficulties".

Principal Sukhjot Dhami said he made " no apologies" of The High standards.

Bbc Two 's Helping Our Teens documentary introduced a behaviour expert to The School to help reduce undesirable behaviour.

The Academy has previously cut exclusions from 400 a year to " single figures" after implementing new behaviour strategies, but it has said the pandemic had a " significant" impact on learners' social and emotional health.

At the start of term, A Number of Girls were issued with letters telling them " stretch-style" trousers were " not In Line with uniform policy" with parents asked to purchase tailored, full-length trousers instead.

One parent, Liz, pointed out daughter Eva, who is in her final year, Year 11, had always been a model student and " never been in any trouble".

But She Said The Girl had had to experience " quite severe" sanctions, adding: " We're talking whole days spent in isolation with other Girls . "

" Some . . Girls are Coming Home and reporting that their waistbands have been tugged at, " She Said .

" They've been forced to go into cupboards to get changed into The School trousers to try them on. . [and] open their blazers and be inspected on The Gates .

" I can only imagine how that's making them feel. "

The mother, Who Said " smart stretch trousers" were allowed in workplaces, stated she did not want to abolish school uniform policy and wanted Girls " to be able to go into school confident" and smartly dressed.

'Working in McDonald's'

Principal Sukhjot Dhami, Who Said the tugging claim was " completely false" added: " Uniform checks aren't new. We do them every morning and have been for The Last three or four academic years. "

Mr Dhami stated: " There are lots of professions, such as the NHS, even working in McDonald's and working in the Post Office and other such industries, where there are strict uniform codes.

" I make no apologies of having The High standards and expectations. We've got The Best set of results we've ever had. We're an over-subscribed school and that's all happened because of high standards and high expectations. "

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Source of news: bbc.com