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A Year 11 pupil was sent home from school just 20 minutes straight into the new academic year about her eyebrows and tan, her mother said.
Megan Davies, 16, of Huyton, was told she had violated uniform rules by wearing too much fake tan and filling in her eyebrows when she arrived at Lord Derby Academy on Monday morning (September 7).
But her mother, Marie Davies, told the ECHO that Marie had naturally thick eyebrows and a royal tan from a recent vacation.
She said: “They have said that she is too dark. We just got back from Portugal so it was a real tan.
“They said her eyebrows were too dark too. I understand some girls draw them and come in with big slugs, but my daughter doesn’t do that.
“She has never had to paint them or anything like that.”
Ms. Davies added that teachers had said that Megan’s shoes also violated uniform rules, but she couldn’t understand why.
She said: “They are just black lace-up shoes. They don’t have a diamond, there isn’t a bow.
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“He said that half of the girls in his year have the same identical shoes. They haven’t been sent home, just Megan. “
Ms Davies said teachers had previously objected to Megan’s eyebrows and that her daughter had been forced to prove that she was not wearing an eyebrow pencil.
She said: “Most of the time we laughed at that, because they would stand outside the doors with wipes.
“Megan was cleaning her eyebrows and there was nothing on them.”
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But after six months out of school, Ms. Davies said she was “totally upset” that her daughter was sent home on the first day back.
Lord Derby Academy Director Vicky Gowan said she could not comment on individual cases but said: “We operate to the highest standards at Lord Derby Academy.
“We pride ourselves on our traditional approach to all aspects of school life. We strive to ensure that all LDA students are treated fairly and that our uniform rules are consistently enforced.
“The school is always willing to work in partnership with families so that clear expectations regarding uniform and appearance can be maintained.”
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