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A teenage girl claims she was refused permission to use the toilet during class by a teachers who told her to ‘control her period’.

Maisie-Rae Adams, 14, suffered an ‘accident’ and asked to use the facilities but was left ‘humiliated and embarrassed’ when she was told to remain in the classroom.

The student says she grabbed a sanitary pad from her bag and walked out of the room anyway.

However, when she returned, her bag had been removed and she was told she couldn’t come back to the lesson.


This is the latest in what Maisie-Rae claims is a long-line of issues surrounding girls at Rednock School in Dursley, Gloucestershire, having their periods.



She says she has received detention on three separate occasions – each time because she was asking to use the toilet because she was on her period.

Maisie-Rae Adams, 14, claims a teacher told her to ‘learn to control her period’ (Picture: SWNS)

Her mum Kelly Adams, 46, said that both she and her daughter suffer from heavy periods which can sometimes come up to three times a month.

When Kelly attended a meeting at the school about the issue, she was told Maisie-Rae had ‘apparently raised her voice’ at the teacher before ‘walking out of the room’.

The mum and daughter are now calling for a better plan to be put in place so girls can ‘discreetly’ let teachers know they are on their period.

The school already has a ‘pink card policy’, which girls can show and be allowed to the bathroom.

However, Maisie said she was not aware of this.

She was denied from going to the toilet (Picture: SWNS)

Instead Kelly told Gloucestershire Live: ‘I think it would be a good idea to get the girls wearing a little pink wristband and then it would show the teachers and others that the girl is on her period and that they may be a little emotional and not able to concentrate that week.

‘I have spoken to the head teacher at the school who is very interested at the proposal.

‘I want to be able to go into the school and talk about what happens to the girls and we need to make sure that the girls are not ashamed of what is happening to their bodies.’

Headteacher David Alexander would not comment directly on the issue but said girls were permitted to use the toilet ‘for issues relating to their periods.’

He added: ‘We do support students and we have four Community support officers. These are non- teachers so available throughout the day. They are all female and so are adept in dealing with this type of situation.

‘We provide free tampons and sanitary towels for those who need them.

‘The situation is not as has been interpreted, but I cannot go into details.

‘Clearly we will reflect on this so that we learn from it and improve.’

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