A schoolboy has sparked a gender row by turning up to school in a skirt - just like his girl classmates.

Tough army cadet Louis Fice, 16, was sent home for wearing shorts instead of trousers during the recent heatwave.

And now he says he will wear his navy two-inch-above-the-knee skirt every day - borrowed from one of his female friends.

The sixth former claims he is now 'fighting for equality' for all genders after teachers scolded him for wearing his makeshift uniform.

Louis Fice, 16, was sent home from school for wearing shorts instead of trousers at Aberaeron high school in Aberaeron, Mid Wales. He then turned up in a skirt - sparking a gender row

Louis, a student at Aberaeron high school in Aberaeron, Mid Wales, said: 'Let's stop this inequality and get shorts in the dress code - it's 2018, not 1950.

'I got sent home for wearing shorts because I was hot and my shorts are ''not in the dress code'' yet girls were walking around in skirts.

'So to break the barrier I turned up in a skirt and was told by every teacher to change.

'I'm not just fighting for equality for boys, I'm fighting for equality across the board.'

He described his long trousers as being 'uncomfortable' in the summer - especially with a heatwave forecast for the next week.

'When I asked why I couldn't wear a skirt to school, they said it was because I am a boy and can't wear a skirt.

'Personally I identify as a male but I have a few trans friends. How dare they bracket me into a certain category because I look like a boy.'

Headmaster Owain Jones confirmed pupils are only allowed to wear shorts with his say-so - but he hadn't granted the short OK this summer. Pictured: Aberaeron high school

He was told off for wearing for a skirt - but allowed to carry on wearing it after a '45 minute lecture'

He added he would continue to wear a skirt until his school's strict uniform policy is changed.

Headmaster Owain Jones confirmed pupils are only allowed to wear shorts with his say-so - but he hadn't granted the short OK this summer.

Mr Jones said: 'The school has always allowed pupils to wear shorts during very hot weather following announcements by the head teacher.'

He said pupils could seek to change the rules though the school's council.