Overview

• Paige Ellice Warr says her daughter, Taya-May, 11, was made to change into a skirt and tights because her ankles were showing after her official trousers shrank slightly in the wash.
• She says she has spent more than £400 on approved items for her two children and describes the enforcement as totally unreasonable, noting her son was told to change dark grey socks to black.
• Taya-May was stopped at the school gates on her second day of secondary school, and she reported the tights were new from a packet, with the skirt’s status unclear.
• The Laurel Academy website specifies black tailored trousers at ankle length from SPT Uniforms and excludes cropped styles, cargo trousers and leggings.
• A later school statement says the academy maintains the highest standards for uniform and conduct and highlights its best-ever GCSE results, while earlier coverage reported the school declined to comment.