PUPILS have voted to keep mirrors out of a school's bathrooms - despite widespread backlash including the issue being discussed on Loose Women.

The decision to replace mirrors with 'inspirational' quotes in the toilets at Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form on Bromwich Road caused a storm.

Parents contacted Worcester News about the story and it also made national headlines as well as featured on discussion programs such as Loose Women.

But four months on, the children who make up the school's Student Council have decided against bringing the mirrors back.

Headteacher Neil Morris said: "There are still some students who grumble about it and they bring in pocket mirrors."

Parents were outraged on social media but Mr Morris said it resulted in 'Chinese whispers'. 

He said: "They were talking about the school and it was so misrepresented.

"It went beyond bonkers and beyond ridiculous, it started from a small acorn."

He said the mirrors were taken down in the hope it would stop students from congregating in the toilets because some younger pupils found it intimidating.

Mr Morris said: "It sort of exploded out of nothing. 

"The students said they weren't enjoying the toilet experience if you can call it that.

"The younger students didn't like going in there because people would congregate and sit on the wash basins.

"The student council said to us that they don't them back.

"The students have responded well.

"The younger students are happy with it.

"We do still have some older students bringing in their pocket mirrors.

"We are on the other side, and the proof is in the pudding."

However, the school was catapulted into the limelight and Mr Morris said: "We had television crews and journalists calling for two days straight - you couldn't pick up the phone.

"I can laugh about it now, but at the time I did feel very under pressure."

Initially, the school received backlash for removing mirrors from the girl's toilets and replacing them with positive quotes, which the school has apologised for.

"The quotes were taken down within half an hour.

"They were used as part of an English debate. It was somebody trying to do a positive out of a negative."

The mirrors have been taken down in all nine toilets in the school.

"Since the mirrors have come down, things have got better.

"The toilets were used to congregate around the basins and there were a lot of people spending their free time in the toilets.

"But when the story was written, we were talking about it with the children and encouraging debates because it is their school at the end of the day.

"We all want to look our best, nobody wants to come to school looking dishevelled."