Uproar at school ban on pupils’ wristband tribute to cancer boy
A SCHOOL has banned children from wearing wristbands in memory of a classmate who died of cancer.
Friends of Jordan Cobby, 14, had the bracelets made and sold them to raise money for cancer victims after he died of an eye tumour.
But Nuneaton Academy in Warwickshire outlawed them because they are not part of the school’s uniform.
One pupil, Harris Ashby, was sent home for refusing to take his off. The tributes, inscribed “Jordan Cobby, R.I.Paradise, Forever 14” were made after his death in March last year and been worn since.
The pupils sold them for £1 to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Jordan’s mother Joanne Meuse, 45, from Nuneaton, said: “The bands are pupils’ way of showing respect.”
Nuneaton Academy in Warwickshire outlawed them because they are not part of the school’s uniform
Harris’s mother Zoe Ashby, 38, said: “My son had played football with Jordan since they were seven. I am proud of
Harris for refusing to take the wristband off.”
Now 400 parents at the state-maintained independent school want the ban lifted.
Academy Principal Helen McEvoy said yesterday that strict rules improved results but added: “Students and staff have been discussing an alternative symbol that is in line with our uniform policy.”