Violent protests break out at schools in Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire as pupils ‘flip tables’ and ‘break fences’ over ban on using toilets during class and girls being told to show a red card when on their period
- The violent protests have broken out in Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Pupils are demanding an end to new toilet policies, slammed as ‘prison rules’
Violent protests have broken out in secondary schools across England as furious pupils demand an end to new toilet use rules.
Pupils were seen at schools in Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire demanding an end to bans on using toilets during class times and in one case – girls having to show a ‘red card’ while on their period.
Students at Penrice Academy, Cornwall, are reportedly ‘throwing tables’ and ‘breaking fences’ as they dispute the changes.
Meanwhile, pupils at the Farnley Academy, Leeds, were seen standing outside the school this morning with ‘disgusted’ parents who claimed the policy had ‘taken away their human rights’.
Dozens of pupils were also seen protesting outside Haven High Academy, Lincolnshire, with one parent comparing its new policy to ‘prison rules’.
Students at Penrice Academy, Cornwall, are reportedly ‘throwing tables’ and ‘breaking fences’ as they dispute the changes
Pupils at the Farnley Academy, Leeds, were seen standing outside the school this morning with ‘disgusted’ parents who claimed the policy had ‘taken away their human rights’
A video taken at Penrice Academy showed pupils shaking the fence while chanting and shouting.
A parent of a student claimed some fences had been broken and another claimed that a girl had been injured.
She told Cornwall Live: ‘My daughter has just called me to say the protest has got out of hand and students are flipping tables. The children are now not allowed out for break.’
Meanwhile, footage of Farnley Academy, Leeds, showed furious pupils demonstrating against a new policy of toilet doors being locked during lesson time.
Parent Natalie Hennessy, who has a son in Year 9, told Leeds Live: ‘My son, who is a high achiever, is so fed up of the way he’s being treated.
‘He says he feels manipulated all the time and the school is like a prison. I feel disgusted.
‘The amount of times I’ve contacted the school and it’s falling on deaf ears. They’re taking away their human rights.’
Videos of pupils demonstrating outside Haven High Academy, Lincolnshire, over similar toilet use rules also appeared on TikTok yesterday.
One parent claimed the school’s headteacher was introducing ‘prison rules’ for the pupils and claimed corridors and toilets were being locked during lesson time.
Penrice Academy declined to comment. Farnley Academy and Haven High Academy have been approached for comment.
It comes after Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, sparked fury from pupils and parents over a uniform policy which states skirts must be knee length – with the risk of detention or suspension for failure to adhere to the rules.
One woman told the Liverpool Echo her ‘granddaughter came home mortified that her skirt height was inspected by a male teacher in front of male pupils’.
A parent claimed some pupils had been left ‘crying and embarrassed’ as a petition was started titled ‘Stop Rainford High controlling girls skirts.’
Parents at Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, claimed girls whose skirts were deemed too short were made to queue up and asked to adjust their skirts by teachers
Rainford High School in St Helens, Merseyside, said they had been ‘concerned about the failure of a significant number of students to wear the skirt to the standards and expectations laid down in the uniform policy’
One woman told the Liverpool Echo her ‘granddaughter came home mortified that her skirt height was inspected by a male teacher in front of male pupils’.
Another told the St Helens Star: ‘My daughter stated that they are asked to adjust their skirt and if they say no or cannot then parents are contacted and told their child must come in the following day in a longer skirt or they will be given a detention.’
