Parents 'livid' as school sends kids home for wearing Nike and Vivienne Westwood shoes

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Angry parents have hit out at a high school over its 'ridiculous' uniform policy after kids were sent home as they're branded shoes were deemed 'unsuitable.' Among those who were asked to return home from the school in the North East were a year 10 pupil, who was wearing black Nike walking boots, and year nine and year seven students who were wearing black Vivienne Westwood pumps Melissa Pope told Chronicle Live that her 11-year-old daughter Layla Thomson was sent home during her first day at Grace College in Gateshead for wearing the popular Vivienne Westwood slip on shoes. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The 37-year-old, from Car Hill in Gateshead, said her daughter spent the day in isolation before being picked up by her grandmother and now does not want to return to the school.

Melissa, who works as a phlebotomist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead, has described the school's response as "disgusting" and "ridiculous." The mum-of-two said: "My daughter has had her first day at secondary school.

She's been sitting in a room not learning anything at all and not wanting to go back. "They've said she can't wear them for health and safety because the shoe doesn't cover the top of the foot.

I asked if I could get her a loafer and they said that still wasn't acceptable, it had to be a brogue type of shoe. "I just don't see why, I don't understand it.