Heartbroken schoolgirl is compelled to take away bracelet given to her by her late father in a row over uniform requirements

The mom of an autistic schoolgirl is livid after academics made her daughter take off a particular bracelet given to her by her lifeless father over a row about college uniforms.

Hayley Bouwer-Oliver attends Peacehaven Neighborhood Faculty, in East Sussex, and was left ‘scared and anxious’ after being singled out in a faculty corridor in entrance of her friends.

Not solely was the bracelet given to her by her late dad, however additionally it is for her anxiousness and stops her from scratching till her pores and skin bleeds.

Hayley’s father Terry Oliver died aged 45 after struggling bacterial meningitis in 2019 and gave his daughter the bracelet simply earlier than he handed away.

Pictured, Shereen Bouwer (left) and Hayley Bouwer-Oliver exterior the Peacehaven Neighborhood Faculty

The schoolgirl’s mom, Shereen Bouwer, stated Peacehaven Neighborhood Faculty allowed Hayley to put on the bracelet and a hoop final yr however issues modified ‘out of the blue’ on Monday.

Mrs Bouwer stated: ‘Hayley is met by a trainer when she arrives in school and is taught in a specialist classroom on account of her concern of enormous teams.

‘However on Monday, she was taken to the varsity corridor the place all different college students have been having their uniform inspected.’

Hayley was informed to take away her bracelet and to take away her ring, although the headteacher stated she might put on it beneath her college shirt on a necklace from the next day.

‘How is she purported to put on the ring below her shirt and tie? It does not make sense,’ stated Mrs Bouwer.

Hayley’s sister Erin was additionally informed to take away her personal bracelet and did so ‘to keep away from confrontation’.

Mrs Bouwer stated a trainer informed Erin in entrance of Hayley: ‘Properly performed for making the right choice.’

She additionally claims this was an effort to play the sisters off each other and to make Hayley really feel dangerous.

Hayley was then threatened with isolation with a big group of scholars who had didn’t arrive within the appropriate uniform.

She responded by locking herself in a rest room cubicle, a previous coping mechanism which she had overcome however which the scenario compelled her to revisit.

‘It made me really feel dangerous, like I had performed one thing improper,’ stated Hayley.

‘I used to be scared and anxious. I trusted my trainer so much however they took me right into a scenario that I used to be not comfy with.’

Notes held by the varsity say that Hayley finds speaking with adults extremely troublesome except it’s a trusted grownup, she doesn’t prefer to be round massive numbers of individuals and her anxiousness causes important boundaries to attending college.

In the meantime, the varsity’s personal coverage says: ‘Constructing shallowness happens inside and outdoors the classroom. Each scholar at PCS is valued.

The bracelet was given to Hayley by her dad earlier than he sadly handed away and it additionally helps her cease scratching 

‘Our neighborhood celebrates particular person type and abilities. We are going to try to make sure that our variations don’t turn out to be boundaries to participation.

‘We recognise that we can’t obtain true equality of alternative and final result for all by treating everybody the identical.

‘Now we have due regard to make sure that individuals with a protected attribute should not negatively impacted because of our choice or coverage making.’

Mrs Bouwer has stopped her youngsters from going to highschool after the incident, to guard their psychological well being.

This newest incident follows claims a trainer informed 100 women to alter or go residence in a row over the size of their skirts.

Mrs Bouwer added: ‘I understand how onerous my youngsters attempt simply to enter college, so for this to have occurred could be very irritating.

‘They make us mother and father really feel like we’re being unreasonable like we need to break the principles and that we’re utilizing our kids’s points as an excuse.’

Peacehaven Neighborhood Faculty didn’t reply to a request for remark.