Forward-thinking schools allowing hair dye

[OliviaCarts]

My son is 11 years old and leans towards a creative/self-expressive personality. He has his heart set on colouring his hair. Does anyone know of any London schools, preferably in the south west, that are open to students colouring their hair in unnatural colours? It is a deciding factor in our choice for him.

It's blue isn't it?

Trying to be helpful although I think you're nuts. It may make more sense to repost your thread asking for advice on creative and musical schools rather than hair colour requirements.

For a private day school try Hampton Court House, it runs an extensive bus service including Shepherds Bush, Wandsworth etc. and is a genuinely alternative school, no uniform, call your teacher Dave etc. HCH is very musical. Otherwise Artsed in Chiswick is very competitive at 11+ but have vacancies later and for a state school you should have looked in to Brit school but again I suspect that it is too late.

DS1 attended a very traditional school with draconian hair policing but it somehow managed to produce musicians who formed the bands Munford & Sons, Bastille and Noah & The Whale.

"a young creative who is challenging social norms and thinking deeply about the world and his place in it"

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@LolaSmiles no I don't think the hair dye was the reason I'd had a lucky escape either, I guess my comment didn't make that clear enough

I wonder what yoonique name this musical messiah has??

Is he the new Messiah?
Your original post talks about him Wanting to dye his hair, then later you talk about him having dyed hair already. Which is It?

I'm amazed that you don't home school such a special child. After all, what can any school do for him? If he's going to be a rock star, he won't need a formal education anyway will he 🤷🏼‍♀️

Even independent schools with 13+ entry will have pretested a 11 yo by now. If this is for real, consider Brit school for year 10.

While I’m all in favour of teenagers being allowed to dye their hair whatever colour they want (I had purple hair back in 2001 before it was cool ), you sound utterly insufferable and wildly pretentious. Dial it back a bit?

Last year he would perform/busk in various London locations and the recognition he would later get surprised us all. We must have been stopped randomly half a dozen or so times from people in the street

They were probably concerned about a 10 year old hanging around the streets of London

To everyone who thinks this isn’t real - I grew up around North London and now live in Bristol...both are full of parents with the most incredibly creative and wonderful and special children called Leaf and Phoenix who simply MUST be allowed to express themselves at all times

Jesus.

DS2 is 11. He has never dyed his hair or been recognised in public. He is part of a 'band' of mates but does not lead it and they don't play instruments or sing, just put crap music on our Alexa. He does like the challenge social norms, but mainly by wearing pyjamas all day at weekends and watching YouTube.

Should I be worried? I thought he was developing normally but obviously not.

He does like the challenge social norms, but mainly by wearing pyjamas all day at weekends and watching YouTube.

This is very similar to my own preferred way of challenging social norms, and I’m a 32 year old mother
See also: eating cereal for dinner. Smash the system!

Mumsnet is about 'sisterhood'? Shit, I'm in the wrong place. As are all the male posters on here. If I could see my navel I might gaze into it but I lost contact circa 2004...