Mum Sam Deyes took her son Charlie out of school because he had been put into isolation in a locked room, and allowed to go to the toilet twice a day with a teacher escort. His crime? His new haircut was "distracting other pupils."
Charlie, 14, who goes to Kingswood Academy in Hull, had been given a short back and sides the day before he returned after the Easter holidays. But the haircut fell foul of his school's uniform policies, which say: "Hair needs to be smart and conservative... Extreme hair styles, including obvious step changes in hair length are also not permitted for any student."
Charlie's mum, Sam, said: "A school uniform, I totally understand that the policies have got to be strict, but I said [to the school], 'It's a haircut, can you explain to me why you've had to put him in isolation, which is punishing him?'
"It's not good for his mental health by being sat in an isolated room."
Is Sam right? Should schools not enforce uniform policy on haircuts? Or is the school well within its rights to punish kids like Charlie for their "extreme" haircuts?
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