Pupils at an all girls school will finally be able to wear trousers after celebs added their names to a petition.
Wirral Grammar School for Girls told parents that pupils will be able to start wearing trousers from September.
In a letter, headteacher Elaine Cogan said that following a meeting of the governors on June 30, "it was decided unanimously, that from the new school year, commencing in September 2021, the school uniform policy should be amended to allow trousers as an additional option item to the school uniform."
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It's the first time in the Bebington school's 90-year history that girls have been allowed to wear trousers as part of their uniform.
A parent of one of the pupils said they welcomed the move and couldn't wait to buy some for their daughter.
They said: "All the girls have fought so hard to have the choice to wear trousers and the girls have finally won.
"Orders for the new school term have now closed and I believe we have to wait until some come into the school shop, but as soon as they do I have promised the girls I would get them some trousers for school."
The announcement comes after pupils started a petition to change the uniform policy - gaining more than 13,000 signatures including Gary Lineker, Radio One DJ Annie Mac, food critic Jay Rayner and author and columnist Caitlin Moran.
At the time former footballer Gary Lineker tweeted: "Why would anyone object to this... ever? Let them wear bloody trousers for crying out loud."
Jay Rayner tweeted: "I've just checked the calendar and it's 2021. The idea that a girls' school would forbid its pupils from wearing trousers, is astonishing."
Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman tweeted: "It doesn't seem a lot to ask to me and I really can't think of a reasonable person objecting."
But it was the work of the children that pushed the uniform policy back on to the school's agenda, but it was something Ms Cogan said was due to be discussed.
Speaking to the ECHO previously, she said: "This petition was started by a pupil who had not asked the school about a change in uniform.
"If she had I would have told her that the Board of Governors were discussing our uniform policy at their next meeting.
"The school has no problem with pupils' right to start a petition but at Wirral Grammar School for Girls we would have expected a discussion or letter before such a petition was started."
