Boy, 11, sent to ‘isolation’ after teachers moaned his buzz cut was ‘too extreme’
The mother of a schoolboy is furious her son has been isolated for his haircut
A SCHOOLBOY was removed from lessons and isolated from his classmates after teachers claimed his number three haircut was too "extreme".
Distraught mum Sharon Kitts, 53 was horrified to hear that her son Mason, 11, was taken out of class and made to sit with the head of year for the day.
Sharon from Great Wakering, Essex claims that her son arrived at King Edmund School on October 3 only to be reprimanded for showing too much scalp.
Sharon explained: "The barber I take Mason to has been doing boys' hair for 15 years and he knows what's allowed at school and what's not.
"Children from King Edmund go to him all the time.
"There is absolutely nothing about his hair that inappropriate and I think he is being victimized.
"Every child his age wants a haircut which is shortish on the side and longer on top because that is what is in fashion.
King Edmund School in Rochford is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school.
Its uniform policy states: "Hair should be tidy and of a suitable style for school.
"Hairstyles should be suitable for school with no extremes of fashion. Cut styles must be blended, not stepped.
";Hair should not be unnaturally coloured. Hair should not be cut so short that the scalp is showing."
Single mum Sharon argues that her year 7 son's hair falls completely within the school's uniform policy.
She said: "I thought his hair looked absolutely fine, but instead he was reprimanded at school for it just one day after having it cut. I couldn't believe it."
Mum of two Sharon added that the incident has left her considering school choices in fear of similar incidents happening again.
She added: "I would never allow my son at school with a haircut I felt was inappropriate.
"By doing this they are damaging and he just wants to be a good student and to be doing well.
"This has got me thinking of taking him to another school."
Sharon added that although the issue does not seem to have affected her son, she is still concerned about the implications of being removed from class.
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She said: "He seemed to be fine when he got home, but you just never know do you and I worry.
"Mason has never been in trouble in his life, he has been doing really well so far and has received loads of achievements and is regularly getting 99 per cent on his online homework.
"He had just got his hair cut the day before so to then see him punished for that is quite upsetting."
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