A mum has been left fuming over claims her daughter was “singled out” for wearing black trainers at school – despite having a medical condition and a note from a GP.
Skyla Tomlin, 13, wore the Nike Air Force Ones after being diagnosed with a stage three ingrown toenail. But mum Laura, 44, says her daughter was still sent out of class – leaving her in tears. Skyla has been missing days at school on and off for the last two months – but now hasn’t attended at all for two weeks.
Laura, a civil servant from Portsmouth, said: “I feel like Skyla has been singled out – wearing the school-regulated shoes is excruciatingly painful for her. She’s been treated like she’s a naughty child – but she has a medical condition. Her attendance is now at 86 per cent – because she’s too afraid to even go to school.
“She kept phoning me up in tears, saying they’d sent her out again. It carried on for weeks.” Laura first noticed Skyla’s in-growing toenail in November 2023 – but the teen had hidden it from her mum for weeks previously. While performing at a dance competition, Laura noticed her toes were “covered in pus and blood”.
