00:00She rang me from the toilet crying hysterically down the phone.
00:04This was the reality for Kola Glennie when she found out her daughter was one student amongst dozens of those pulled out of class and placed into the school hall.
00:14The reason? Her skirt was said to be too short after staff allegedly measured how high the girls' skirts were above the knee.
00:21School doesn't seem like a safe place to me. I can't do nothing there. It don't make me feel like I'm a human being.
00:29I feel like I'm just a robot when I'm there. I'd walk into school and my whole appearance would have to change otherwise it wouldn't be good enough and I'd be sitting in isolation basically every day.
00:38Most of my friends that have went there today have literally been sent home again because of their skirts and because their mum picked them up because they were sitting in isolation.
00:46I don't want it to carry on because I don't want to go back to that school because it doesn't make me feel safe and I just don't want to feel like a robot no more and I don't feel like I can be myself.
00:54The school refuted the suggestions that the staff have been measuring skirts and said that the standards apply to all students and die in place to promote fairness, consistency and a positive learning environment.
01:07But the uniform Pearl's mum brought was from a shop advised by Hundreds of Whos secondary school.
01:12I don't think that I'm going to send her back to the school. I think mental health is more important than a uniform so she doesn't feel safe going back and I don't want to put my child in an environment where she doesn't feel safe so I will probably make the decision not to send her back if I'm honest.
01:29And Pearl wasn't the only student put into isolation for the hemline of her skirt being too short. Other parents who have spoken to us have said that their children have been left upset and humiliated.
01:41Other parents said despite buying the correct skirt they did not meet the requirements due to each child having different bodies.
01:48The school have said to help families they change their policies so parents can purchase skirts from a wide range of high street shops.
01:55Meaning that suitable skirts are more accessible and available in different variety of fits.
02:00Saying in this specific case they will be contacting parents directly to offer support and help source an appropriate skirt which meets their requirements.
02:09But with fears still lingering around students being put into isolation a more uniform approach to the rules may be needed to win back the parents trust.
02:18Daisy Page for KMTV in Who.
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