A headteacher is cracking down on schoolgirls who turn up for class looking “orange” through cheap fake tans.

The trend, loved by WAGs and glamour girls Jordan and Jodie Marsh, has been taken up by thousands of young women following their fashion heroes.

But for the young ladies at traditional Baines School in Lancashire, founded nearly 300 years ago, the future may be bright but is certainly not orange.

Along with bling jewellery, make-up, mini-skirts and trainers, headteacher Carol Robinson has reminded parents of the importance of standards - adding children glowing like a tangerine to the list of school misdemeanours.

”We have young girls coming in to school, 11 and 12, that feel pressured to go out and daub themselves in this orange,” Mrs Robinson said today.

”They have streaks on their legs and orange hands - that is what we are saying is not acceptable.

”Those celebrities are not 12 and 13. They are all a lot older and that is fine, they are not in school.”

Dubbed “Jaffa fakes” by the fashion world, such tans were banned from Royal Ascot this year as a “style crime”.

While stopping short of a complete ban, Mrs Robinson issued a letter to all parents last week asking for their co-operation in ensuring their daughters do not come to school orange.

Mrs Robinson wrote: “The current trend for fake/spray tans does little to enhance the appearance of our young ladies.

”We ask for your support in ensuring girls do not come to school looking varying shades of orange.”

”This is not in keeping with the uniform and appearance standards Baines wishes to support.”

She added that the school strived to “promote natural beauty and contentment with one’s own looks”.

The letter will be “referred” to any parents whose child comes to school with such a tan from September.

Baines, whose Latin school motto, Nil Sine Labore, means Nothing Without Effort, was founded in 1717, and now has 1,100 pupils with an excellent reputation for its academic high performance.

Set in its own grounds in Poulton-le-Fylde in the Lancashire countryside, the institution boasts that it offers a modern education built on tradition.

Fake spray or bottle tans can now be bought for as little as £5 on the high street.

The reduction in price is thought to have led to an increase in younger girls using the products.