A SCHOOL'S decision to ask a student to "cover up" on non-uniform day has received a mixed response.

On Thursday it was reported how Kaye Warner demanded her 15-year-old daughter Erin-Anais Hart be sent home from King Charles I school in Kidderminster after receiving a call from her daughter requesting she bring her a pair of trousers on non-uniform day, after she had been asked to cover up.

Erin had gone to school on Friday (June 12) dressed in a black jacket, black T-shirt, flat black ankle boots and leggings with designer holes cut out above the knee for the charity non-uniform day, organised by the Comberton Road school.

But, when she quizzed school bosses on why her daughter had to cover up, Miss Warner was told Erin was showing too much flesh.

She has now taken Erin out of the school and will be sending her to another school to finish her education.

Readers took to Facebook and your Worcester News' website to have their say on whether they thought the teenager's dress was appropriate or not.

Charlie Steele said: "Poor girl. Clearly how she looks is more important than her education according to that school, fair play to the mum," while Mark Richardson said: "What was the school thinking? She's practically covered from head to toe, apart from a few small strips in the leggings. I guess dress wear and appearance (as well as giving children a complex about the way they look) is more important than educating the children."

Craig Smith said: "I got sent home for wearing a Metallica T-shirt in the early nineties. Unfortunately schools haven't changed in their views on pupils belonging to subcultures and expressing individuality it would appear?"

However, Carl Douglas Newman said: "How can a parent allow their daughter to go to school like that, disgusting," and Ali Vinson said: "I don't think it's an appropriate way to dress for school. Taking her out of the school is a bit over the top, what about her friends?"

Responding to the criticism from Miss Warner, a spokesman for Kings Charles I School said: “We do not comment on individual cases but would stress that we aim to provide a positive and successful learning environment for our students, free from disruption and distraction, and that includes enforcement of our dress code.

“Standards are applied even on non-uniform days to ensure that all students are dressed appropriately.”