School says my son must cut his hair or be excluded

[alexis52]

I have 2 children 1boy aged11 1 girl aged 14. They both go to that same school but recently they have a new head master who changed some of the uniform policy's. to begin with they were good changes like skirts can't be shorter than the knee and ties had to come down to the stomach but then he changed the hair policies. This did not effect my daughter because she fell into all the categories but it did effect my son. His hair is about an inch or so past his shoulder, the head said that boys hair must not come over The colour and I got an email telling me to cut his hair. I have refused to cut his hair and long hair doesn't effect his work because he ties it up for certain classes like PE and cookery and doesn't play with it. The school have now threatened that if I don't cut his hair soon he will be excluded .

Or, perhaps the school should No more What length someone's hair is has no impact on their ability to learn. Given that girls can have long hair, the rule is/was sexist. Given that girls could tie long hair back confirms that hair length really was not the issue

Glad the school has seen sense.

Thankfully my son got an EHCP so was able to choose the school with an appropriate ethos for his ASD, which means long hair permitted if tied back, no detention or isolation for uniform infringements, etc.

Because the most obvious aspects of his autism to others are that he can't stand anyone touching his hair let alone cutting it (enforcing washing it is a barrel of laughs that takes a couple hours a couple times a week), and he can't cope with shoes other than the most slipper-like. In a school where he can have an untidy ponytail and any black shoes, he thrives with very little assistance. If he were told he needed a haircut, we'd be lucky ever to get him through the gates again.