Boys win protest over school uniform

Exeter school boys who wore skirts to school in a protest over their summer school uniform have won their battle.

Pupils at the Isca Academy ditched their trousers and put on skirts after the school prevented them from wearing shorts during the recent heatwave.

Now, the school has done a u-turn and will allow shorts to be worn as part of the permitted uniform from next summer.

A statement on the school's website state that they would not introduce the new policy this year, for fear or putting "undue pressure" on some families.

Meanwhile, the school has allowed the following during the warmer temperatures:

• pupils do not have to wear a jumper or blazer

• pupils do not have to wear ties

• pupils can have the top button on their shirts undone

• pupils can wear their shirts untucked if they are feeling very hot

The school website also reiterated that no pupils had been reprimanded for wearing skirts to school.