GLAMMED-UP girls at a York school have been told they could be sent home - after skimpy skirts were outlawed.

Fulford School head teacher Steve Smith issued the warning to pupils who turn up to classes looking like they are heading out for an evening clubbing.

In a newsletter to parents, he said: "Too many girls come to school as if they were dressed for a night out 'on the town.' "Short, tight-fitting, split skirts are not appropriate for school. Students dressed inappropriately will be sent home."

And Mr Smith, pictured, said girls who come to classes plastered in makeup could also face the sanction.

The popular teenage "hoodie" also made it on to the banned list and girls who turn up to school in high heels could be in for trouble, as Mr Smith said they are "a danger on crowded staircases."

He told The Press: "We are trying to discourage girls who come wearing lots of make-up and very short skirts.

"We do not feel it is appropriate for them coming into school.

"It is in order to warn parents, to ensure they do not waste money on very short skirts that we will then say are not appropriate for school."

Split skirts are banned and the rules say a skirt's hemline should be a "maximum four inches above the centre of the knee."

Forbidden items also include nail varnish, bracelets, necklaces, loop earrings, facial piercings, baseball caps and trainers.

Students are also banned from sporting "extreme hairstyles" including shaved heads, colours that could not occur naturally, beading or braiding and "extreme contrasts of length within one hairstyle".

Mr Smith told parents in The Fulfordian newsletter that strict uniform rules would help the school maintain its academic standards.

He said: "We always get issues with regard to uniform and so it is a case of keeping on top of it. We are also looking to work with parents.

"If you look at the vast majority of schools in the country you will see that uniform is one of the crucial things.

"In any school where there are problems, heads will go in to turn it round and uniform is one of the first things they look at.

"Obviously, when people turn up for work you expect them to be reasonably presented.

"It is about having that professional approach here, so as to prepare them for work."