3 h. ago Union flag dress controversy: All we know after girl, 12, placed in school isolation

Straight A student Courtney Wright, 12, who goes to Bilton School in Rugby, was left distressed over the weekend after getting in trouble over her Union flag dress, which the school deemed "unacceptable"

Culture

4 h. ago Keir Starmer speaks out after schoolgirl, 12, sent home over Union Jack dress

Sir Keir Starmer has responded after Courtney Wright, 12, was told her outfit intended to celebrate Britishness was 'unacceptable' for her school's culture day

Culture

5 h. ago Parents demand apology after girl, 12, put in isolation for wearing Union Jack dress

Courtney Wright, 12, wore a Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a piece about history and traditions as part of the diversity day celebrations at Bilton School in Rugby last Friday

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11 h. ago 'Something must change now after my daughter, 12, was embarrassed by her school'

Courtney Wright was removed from the Culture Celebration Day at Bilton School in Rugby, Warwickshire "without saying a single word," a move which has outraged dad Stuart Field

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12 h. ago Parents outraged after schoolgirl, 12, is sent home for wearing Union Jack dress on diversity day

Outside the Warwickshire school today, parents said they were 'disgusted and surprised' by the event that had prompted an apology by the school's Stowe Valley Trust.

Society

18 h. ago Schoolgirl 'kept in isolation' for wearing Union Flag dress sparks response from PM

Courtney Wright, 12, wore a Spice Girls-esque dress to show her pride in being British - but was told the dress was "unacceptable" by the school and was put in isolation

Culture

19 h. ago Keir Starmer responds after schoolgirl put in school isolation over Union Flag dress

A schoolgirl was thrown into isolation after turning up to school in a Union Flag dress.

Culture

19 h. ago No 10 condemns school after girl, 12, was sent home from class for wearing Union Jack dress on diversity day

'Straight A' student Courtney Wright, 12, wore the Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a speech about history and traditions as part of the celebrations on Friday.

Culture

20 h. ago School apologises after girl, 12, punished for wearing Union Jack dress to ‘Culture Day’

Bilton School said it ‘deeply regretted’ sending Courtney Wright home and apologised to her family

Culture

22 h. ago School apologises after pupil in Union flag dress removed from diversity day

Warwickshire’s Bilton School said it aimed to learn from the incident and expressed regret at the distress caused to the 12-year-old and her family.

Culture

22 h. ago Keir Starmer responds after girl, 12, put in school isolation over Union Flag dress

Courtney Wright, 12, was punished after celebrating culture day at her school by wearing a Union Flag dress and now she has had a show of support from PM Keir Starmer

Culture

24 h. ago Schoolgirl is banned from diversity day for wearing a Union Jack dress

Year 7 student Courtney Wright wore a Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a speech about history and traditions as part of the celebrations, but was hauled out lessons and made to sit in reception.

Events

27 h. ago Fury as girl, 12, put in isolation at school for wearing Union Flag dress on culture day

Courtney Wright was left 'embarrassed' after she was pulled out her class at Bilton School in Rugby for wearing the 'Spice Girls' dress - the school apologised for the 'distress'

Culture

28 h. ago Fury as girl, 12, kicked out of school lessons over Spice Girls

'Somebody at the school has politicised a Union Jack dress even though that was clearly not Courtney's intent'

Politics

28 h. ago Girl, 12, isolated after wearing Union Flag dress to school culture day

Pupils had been asked to celebrate their culture and heritage

Culture

28 h. ago Dad hits out at daughter's school for reaction to her outfit for 'culture day'

"I wanted an answer as to why they thought this was acceptable - and nobody could give me a straight answer, I wanted to know how they had justified it."

Events

52 h. ago TRNSMT 2025 in pictures: 19 sunny images of day three at the iconic Glasgow Festival

TRNSMT is done and dusted for another year.

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7 d. ago Havoc by Rebecca Wait review – a Saint Trinian’s tragicomedy

A mysterious illness sweeps through an isolated girls’ boarding school, in a work brimming with horror, humour and hysteriaEven if it wasn’t perched on a cliff on the south coast, the position of St Anne’s, Eastbourne – the decaying girls’ school that is the setting for Rebecca Wait’s gleefully macabre new novel, Havoc – might reasonably be described as precarious. Deeply eccentric, staffed by the barely employable, and permanently teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, St Anne’s hangs on, against all the odds. And then, in 1984, Ida Campbell turns up on the doorstep, in possession of a full scholarship and rather a lot of baggage.Sixteen years old and already an outcast, Ida is in flight from her hapless mother, her foul-tempered sister, the small community in the Western Isles to which they have been transplanted, and the nameless scandal that has ruined their lives. St Anne’s is to be Ida’s salvation, but it soon dawns on her that the school migh...

Events

1 week ago Pupils 'punished for incorrect uniform' as parents struggle with costs

"Every child should be able to attend school without fear of detention, isolation, or exclusion because of uniform costs their families cannot afford"

Politics

2 w. ago Angellica Bell flies the flag for fabulous London style at Wimbledon in poppy print dress and post box clutch

Angellica Bell flies the flag for fabulous London style at Wimbledon in poppy print dress and post box clutch  Woman & Home

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