Gorilla Dad, 47, Stuns North Yorks School With Safeguarding Showdown

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Gorilla dad Chris Napthine, 47, gallops from horse dentistry to gorilla cosplay outside Hertford Vale C of E Primary, Staxton, only to meet a safeguarding text ban. Trending questions like 'Why do schools ban costumes?' and 'Can parents dress up at school events?' collide with: “A dad in a gorilla outfit is not a safeguarding issue—let alone a ‘serious’ one.”

Riding straight from gorilla suit to safeguarding infamy, Napthine—a horse dentist who lives across the street—received a text declaring, “Please do not come into school in a costume or mask.” Google surges for 'woke school policies' and 'parent dress code rules.' Local children bewildered, one parent notes: 'A kid can identify as a cat but a dad can’t dress up as a gorilla.'

Despite the school's serious safeguarding text, the village now debates if horse heads or gorilla suits pose greater threats than PTA bake sales—while Addie’s classmates review the new animal dress code.

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