Schoolboy, 15, pulled out of class after extremely normal haircut dubbed 'extreme'

A 15-year-old lad has been hauled retired of people aft his precise mean haircut was dubbed excessively utmost by his teachers.

Strood Academy pupil Liam was removed from lessons afer his tegument slice - which helium opts for owed to his terrible eczema - was deemed excessively 'extreme'.

Headteacher Jon Richardson says their haircut argumentation aims to bring 'equality and focus' to pupils astatine the schoolhouse successful Kent. But Liam's parents person branded his placement successful a behavioural portion owed to his tegument slice 'ridiculous'.

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)."

However, Liam's stepfather, builder Barry Sandman, says punishing Liam for his haircut is 'unnecessary' and 'horrible'.

Mr Sandman explained Liam's hairstyle was a mode of cooling his neck, arsenic helium suffers from terrible eczema which gets worse erstwhile his caput is hot.

He added that his tegument information had flared-up precocious owed to the 'stress' of being removed from class.

The teen visited a barber store connected Saturday, September 21, and remained successful lessons until Wednesday, 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 Monday (Sept 30), arsenic his hairsbreadth 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.

“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," helium fumed.

"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 summertime 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."

Mr Sandman said he'd called reception arsenic galore arsenic 18 times without reply implicit the incidental and volition beryllium lodging a ceremonial written complaint.

He besides claimed headteacher Mr Richardson has been 'avoiding' his calls, but present yet has a gathering astatine the schoolhouse adjacent week.

"They are refusing to speech to me," Mr Sandman continued.

"The headteacher has been avoiding my calls.

"It's horrible. Children request to consciousness blessed and assured portion they're learning.

"His eczema is wherefore helium has abbreviated hair. Something needs to beryllium done.

"Children are being victimised and picked on.

"This headteacher makes each of the children enactment up successful the greeting and the lines person to beryllium perfect.

"It's regimental style... They person azygous checks each morning.

"Liam's cervix had flared up erstwhile helium went to the doc and she said it was down to stress."

But headteacher Mr Richardson, who oversees much than 1,300 pupils, says determination volition beryllium nary regularisation changes.

He said successful a statement: “Strood Academy is committed to maintaining a affirmative and inclusive learning situation wherever precocious standards of behaviour and quality are upheld.

“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.

"The academy has a wide and well-established formal code, including guidelines connected due hairstyles, which is communicated to parents and students astatine the opening of each world year.

“These guidelines are successful spot to beforehand a consciousness of equality and absorption crossed the academy.

“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."