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A school in Britain has to more than 50 students for them after they the wrong trousers to class. Pupils at Heaton Manor school in the north of England were out of class and given detention for not conforming to school uniform rules. They had to around eight hours in a small classroom for breaking the rules. School bosses said many of the trousers were "skintight" and were not appropriate dress for school. Head teacher Lynne Ackland that the school had in the process of tightening its uniform rules. She said she had not the variety of trouser styles her pupils would . She the school had been too strict with the students.

Parents were furious at the treatment their children . A mother of an 11-year-old told reporters: "[My daughter] in that room for eight hours yesterday and she was deeply distressed. I'd if she'd behaved badly, but this is punishment for a pair of trousers the teachers don't ….She's two days' education because of this ridiculous rule and I'm absolutely livid." She added: "We were letters from the school to say pupils must black, tailored trousers. In my opinion, [my daughter's] trousers are ; they are not skintight. The school should more specific." Ms Ackland said: "We clearly to be much more specific with people in future."

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