Anger after worker’s ‘short skirts risk rape’ claim to girl

A FEMALE school worker has sparked outrage after she told young girls off for wearing shorts – saying they risked being raped.

A group of male pupils at the Church of England school were so furious with the remarks they wore skirts to lessons in protest.

The member of staff made the comments after some year eight girls turned up wearing shorts to Dr Thomlinson Middle School in Rothbury, Northumberland.

Children were told to wear sports kit to school on the day they had PE to avoid using the changing rooms during the coronavirus pandemic.

Last Tuesday, a number of girls, aged 12 and 13, were told off for wearing sports shorts and told to wear “uniform-approved” PE skirts instead.

The next day, the member of staff, who has not been named, is said to have told a year eight girl she was “pleased to see her wearing a longer skirt”.

The female worker is reported to have said that girls “get noticed” if they wear shorts, adding they put themselves “at risk of being raped”.

The shocking comments were allegedly overheard by a group of girls who were so upset they told their parents who complained to the school.

The school say the comments were “entirely unacceptable”.

“The views expressed [by the member of staff] were entirely unacceptable and are not the views of the school.”