I’ve been branded ‘UK’s strictest headteacher’ for kicking pupil out for their haircut – I don’t care I have standards

A HEADTEACHER was branded the 'UK's strictest' aft booting a pupil retired of schoolhouse implicit his haircut.

Despite parental uproar, Jon Richardson from Strood Academy successful Kent has refused to alteration the rules.

Liam, 15, was placed successful a behavioural portion owed to his tegument fade, which helium allegedly has to easiness his eczema.

His stepdad Barry Sandman explained that his hairstyle was a mode of cooling his cervix to halt flare ups.

The youngster's information has worsened owed to the "stress" of being removed from people - but Mr Richardson isn't budging.

“Strood Academy is committed to maintaining a affirmative and inclusive learning situation wherever precocious standards of behaviour and quality are upheld," helium told The Sun.

“These standards are consistently applied crossed the academy to guarantee each students are prepared for learning and that our schoolhouse assemblage remains focused connected achieving the champion imaginable outcomes for each child.

“We are alert of concerns raised by a genitor regarding a pupil who was placed successful the academy’s behavioural portion pursuing concerns implicit the magnitude of his haircut, which did not conscionable the academy’s azygous policy."

He explained that the academy has a "clear formal code", which includes "guidelines connected due hairstyles", which helium says are communicated to parents and students.

Noting Liam's condition, the caput teacher said that the schoolhouse volition enactment "collaboratively" with his parents.

“We are successful connection with the genitor and person offered a gathering to sermon their concerns successful much detail.

“We ever instrumentality into information immoderate circumstantial circumstances, including aesculapian conditions, and question to enactment collaboratively with parents to resoluteness matters.

“At this time, nary ceremonial ailment has been lodged, and we proceed to prosecute with the genitor to find an due resolution."

The school's argumentation states: “No utmost haircuts. eg: Skin fades, graphics, lines and indispensable beryllium a minimum of people 1 chopped (senior enactment teams discretion)."

Mr Sandman, says punishing Liam for his haircut is “unnecessary” and “horrible”.

He besides said that he'd called reception arsenic galore arsenic 18 times without getting an reply truthful has decided to lodge a ceremonial written complaint.

The teen visited a barber store connected September 21, and remained successful lessons until September 25, erstwhile helium was told his trim did not conscionable guidelines.

He was placed successful the behavioural portion the adjacent day, earlier his furious parent marched into the school, which is portion of the Leigh Academies Trust, and took him home.

Liam spent Friday astatine location doing schoolhouse enactment and aboriginal visited the doctor, wherever helium obtained a missive confirming his tegument condition.

He was allowed backmost into lessons connected September 30, arsenic his hair was deemed to person grown retired agelong enough, Mr Sandman said.

But the 47-year-old says his stepson should person been exempt from the rules owed to his eczema.

He said: “Something needs to alteration arsenic Liam shouldn’t beryllium missing retired teaching clip successful his last twelvemonth of GCSEs for a haircut that looks smart.

"It’s not similar helium has a mohawk, massively agelong braids oregon blue-dyed hair...

"If helium had dreadlocks that were agleam pinkish that would astir apt beryllium fine.

"It is simply a sensible haircut. Pretty overmuch each teen successful Medway has a akin haircut.

“Professionals person akin trims and it would not halt him from getting a job.

“Plus helium has his haircut similar this arsenic helium has suffered from eczema for years and the tegument slice keeps his caput chill during the autumn and summer months arsenic the vigor from wearing a blazer, garment and overgarment makes him sweat and irritates his skin.

“He has been having the aforesaid haircut for years and we person provided the schoolhouse with the aesculapian details but due to the fact that it doesn't accidental explicitly that helium needs a tegument slice the schoolhouse did not instrumentality it into account.

"Him being taken retired of people for this is ridiculous and unnecessary. It did not halt him oregon different kids from getting connected with their work."