A group of teenage boys are set to turn up to school wearing girls skirts tomorrow in a mass protest following the school's 'no shorts' policy. 
 
 Around 50 boys who attend ISCA Academy in Exeter are planning to wear skirts on Thursday after the school banned them from wearing shorts. 
 
 A mum who has a 14-year-old son at ISCA college said: "My son wanted to wear shorts but was told he would be put in the isolation room for the rest of the week. 
 
 "The head teacher told them 'Well you can wear a skirt if you like' but I think she was being sarcastic. However children tend to take you literally and so five boys turned up in skirts today – and because she told them it was ok there was nothing she could do as long as they are school skirts. 
 
 "One of the five boys did get in trouble today – because it was too short." 
 
 The Exeter mum said that children should have a voice, no matter how old they are. 
 
 "Now there are about 50 boys who are trying to borrow skirts off the girls and they all say they are going to wear them tomorrow," she added. 
 
 "Children also don't like injustice. The boys see the women teachers in sandals and nice cool skirts and tops while they are wearing long trousers and shoes and the older boys have to wear blazers. They just think it's unfair that they can't wear shorts in this heat. 
 
 "They are doing this to cool down – but also to protest because they don't feel they have been listened to." 
 
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 The news follows after an angry mum hit out at the school for their uniform policy after her son 'almost passed out' from the heat. 
 
 Claire Reeves, 30, has criticised ISCA Academy for allowing girls to wear skirts but boys being able to wear trousers. 
 
 "The weather has been so hot recently and it's got to the point where my son is suffering," she said. 
 
 "I have called the school several times and they have told me that if I send my son to school in shorts then he will be sent to the isolation room all day and if I keep him off school then it'll be an unauthorised absence. 
 
 "The girls are allowed to wear skirts all year round so I think it's completely unfair that the boys can't wear shorts. 
 
 "Boys just don't have the option and I am just really concerned about how the heat is going to affect him. 
 
 "I have sent him to school as normal because he doesn't want to be put in the isolation room. I just want something done about it because as far as I am aware all the other high schools have adapted their policy for the hot weather but ISCA are refusing to budge." 
 
 Headteacher Miss Aimee Mitchell said they are considering revising the school uniform policy. 
 
 
 
 She said: "We recognise that the last few days have been exceptionally hot and we are doing our utmost to enable both students and staff to remain as comfortable as possible. 
 
 "Shorts are not currently part of our uniform for boys and I would not want to make any changes without consulting both students and their families. 
 
 
 
 "However, with hotter weather becoming more normal, I would be happy to consider a change for the future." ||||| London (CNN) As a record-breaking heat wave grips Britain, some teenage boys are protesting their school's "no shorts" policy by donning skirts instead. 
 
 Students at the Isca Academy in Exeter, England, turned up at school Thursday wearing skirts after their head teacher wouldn't relax the dress code, which bans shorts. 
 
 The teenagers argued it was just too hot to wear trousers as temperatures soared to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 27 C). 
 
 Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts in hot weather. pic.twitter.com/XHrffnSQEN 
 
 Local news site Devon Live captured the scene outside the academy Thursday morning as schoolgirls doled out spare skirts to their classmates. 
 
 One boy, who helped organize the protest, told Devon Live that 50 to 75 boys were involved. 
 
 "If the Queen said that the people ... at this thing doing the royal stuff ... could take off their jackets for like the first time in 100 years or something, then surely we should be allowed not to wear trousers in the summer," he said, referring to changes made to strict dress rules for racegoers attending the Royal Ascot 
 
 He added that wearing the black-and-white tartan skirt was "quite refreshing." 
 
 One boy in year nine (eighth grade in the United States), who was also sporting a skirt, said the protest had started with five boys, but he expected "hundreds" to join in. 
 
 Asked if he enjoyed the feeling of wearing a skirt, he said: "It's just a nice breeze." 
 
 Another boy, in year 10, said he was "put in isolation" for wearing shorts to school on the previous day. 
 
 A mother with a 14-year-old son at Isca said : "My son wanted to wear shorts but was told he would be put in the isolation room for the rest of the week." 
 
 She added, "The head teacher told them 'Well you can wear a skirt if you like' but I think she was being sarcastic. However children tend to take you literally and so five boys turned up in skirts today -- and because she told them it was OK there was nothing she could do as long as they are school skirts." 
 
 Isca Academy head teacher Aimee Mitchell released a "hot weather statement" in response to the uproar. 
 
 "We recognize that the last few days have been exceptionally hot and we are doing our utmost to enable both students and staff to remain as comfortable as possible through the following adjustments," Mitchell said. 
 
 She added, "Shorts are not currently part of our uniform for boys and I would not want to make any changes without consulting both students and their families." ||||| Some had borrowed from girlfriends, others from sisters. A few had gone the extra mile and shaved their legs. When the Isca academy in Devon opened on Thursday morning, an estimated 30 boys arrived for lessons, heads held high, in fetching tartan-patterned skirts. The hottest June days since 1976 had led to a bare-legged revolution at the secondary school in Exeter. 
 
 As the temperature soared past 30C earlier this week, the teenage boys had asked their teachers if they could swap their long trousers for shorts. They were told no – shorts weren’t permitted under the school’s uniform policy. 
 
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 When they protested that the girls were allowed bare legs, the school – no doubt joking – said the boys were free to wear skirts too if they chose. So on Wednesday, a handful braved the giggles and did so. The scale of the rebellion increased on Thurday, when at least 30 boys opted for the attire. 
 
 “Quite refreshing” was how one of the boys described the experience, pointing out that if even Royal Ascot had allowed racegoers in the royal enclosure to remove their jackets, then the school ought to relax its dress code. Another said he rather enjoyed the “nice breeze” his skirt had afforded him. 
 
 A third, tall boy said he was told his short skirt exposed too much hairy leg. Some of the boys visited a shop on their way to Isca – the name the Romans gave to Exeter – to pick up razors to make sure they did not fall foul of any beauty police. 
 
 Ironically, the temperature had dropped in Exeter to a more manageable 20C, but some boys said they had enjoyed the freedom afforded by the skirts and that they might continue. 
 
 The school said it was prepared to think again in the long term. The headteacher, Aimee Mitchell, said: “We recognise that the last few days have been exceptionally hot and we are doing our utmost to enable both students and staff to remain as comfortable as possible. 
 
 “Shorts are not currently part of our uniform for boys, and I would not want to make any changes without consulting both students and their families. However, with hotter weather becoming more normal, I would be happy to consider a change for the future.” 
 
 It was too late. The revolution was picked up by media organisations across the globe, and Devon county council was forced to help the school out with inquiries. A spokesperson said: “About 30 boys arrived at school this morning wearing school skirts. None of the boys have been penalised – no one was put in isolation or detention for wearing a skirt.” 
 
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 The mother of one of the boys who began the protest said she was proud of him. Claire Lambeth, 43, said her son Ryan, 15, had come home earlier in the week complaining about the heat. “He said it was unbearable. I spoke to a teacher to ask about shorts and she said it was school policy [that they could not be worn]. I did say this was exceptional weather, but they were having none of it. If girls can wear skirts, why can’t boys wear shorts? 
 
 “Ryan came up with the idea of wearing a skirt, so that evening we borrowed one. He wore it the next day – as did five other boys. Then this morning … I didn’t expect it to take off like that. The school is being silly really – this is exceptional weather. I was very proud of Ryan. I think it was a great idea.” 
 
 Another mother said: “My 14-year-old son wanted to wear shorts. The headteacher told them: ‘Well, you can wear a skirt if you like’ – but I think she was being sarcastic. However, children tend to take you literally, and because she told them it was OK, there was nothing she could do as long as they were school skirts.” 
 
 A third mother said: “Children also don’t like injustice. The boys see the female teachers in sandals and nice cool skirts and tops while they are wearing long trousers and shoes and the older boys have to wear blazers. They just think it’s unfair that they can’t wear shorts in this heat.” 
 
 There were signs that the revolution might be spreading. The Guardian has heard of at least one more school in Wiltshire where one boy turned up in a skirt, although it did not go down quite so well with his friends. 
 
 And schoolboys were not the only ones making controversial dress choices because of the heat. Michael Wood, who works as a porter at Watford general hospital, claimed he was facing disciplinary action from his employers Medirest for rolling his trousers up to try to cool down. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment on the case, but said: “The health and safety of our colleagues is always our number one priority.” 
 
 What happened to summer school uniforms? Matthew Easter, managing director of the schoolwear supplier Trutex, said they had become less popular for reasons of economy. “It’s really up to the individual school to decide, but the headteacher is in a difficult position. A decade or so ago, summer wear was more popular, but there’s been a change recently to try to make uniforms as economical as possible. Summer uniforms are only worn for a matter of weeks. 
 
 “If parents haven’t bought uniform shorts, then some children may feel disadvantaged, so perhaps the decision in this case is simply down to fairness.” 
 
 It may be that the weather will solve the problem for the school. The Exeter-based Met Office – situated up the road from the school – predicts pleasant, but not searing, temperatures over the coming week.
– Despite the hottest June temperatures in more than 40 years, the head teacher at Isca Academy in Devon, England, told boys shorts were not an acceptable part of the school uniform—but she didn't ban skirts. To keep cool and protest the ban, dozens of boys at the secondary school turned up Thursday in skirts that had been borrowed from friends or siblings, CNN reports. One teen described the feeling as a "nice breeze" amid the sweltering temperatures. The mother of a 14-year-old boy tells Devon Live that head teacher Aimee Mitchell sarcastically told boys protesting the shorts ban that they could wear skirts if they liked—but "children tend to take you literally." "Children also don’t like injustice," another mother says. "The boys see the female teachers in sandals and nice cool skirts and tops while they are wearing long trousers and shoes and the older boys have to wear blazers." Boys who wore the school's regulation tartan skirts did not get into trouble—apart from one who wore his too short. With the protest now spreading to other schools with shorts bans, Mitchell has signalled that she is ready to reconsider. "Shorts are not currently part of our uniform for boys," she said Thursday, per the Guardian. "However, with hotter weather becoming more normal, I would be happy to consider a change for the future." (This London school is considering gender-neutral uniforms.)