Birmingham Pupil Suspended 'for Peaky Blinders Haircut'

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36269041

Not sure what is wrong here. This little lad looks very neat and tidy to me !

I had hair only marginally longer when I was a lad in the 50's.

[Prudie]

Andy a reasoned post but seems to contradict your views on whether flat shoes should contravene company dress policy.

[fiction-factory]

According to Latest Posts the last post on here was from Prudie 3 mins ago
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But i can't see it

[Prudie]

How bizarre my last post shows in latest posts, shows on my profile as the 80th answer yet it's not here, 80th is factor..

[Prudie]

ignore me but it wasn't there honest guv

[fiction-factory]

It's there now. I refreshed about five times and still couldn't see it

[Prudie]

Thank you factor, thought I was going mad.

[jomifl]

When I was at school I would have been sent home if I hadn't had a 'peaky blinders'(short back and sides) haircut

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - //andy-hughes
The issue is if the haircut contravenes school uniform policy – and it does.



In what way? //

Because it is a 'fashion' haircut, and the uniform policy bands 'fashion' haircuts.

Some AB'ers have tried to defend the parents' actions by advising that the haircut is 'smart', and similar to what was worn in the '50's. Both points are true, but that are invalid in the case of this incident. The child was not suspended because his hair was, or indeed was not 'smart', it was because it contravened the school's uniform policy, which parents agree to abide by as a condition of admission to the school.

[-Talbot-]

Who has decided it is a 'fashion haircut.?

ps
Have you read this thread?

[jomifl]

A haircut does not constitute a uniform

[-Talbot-]

If any parents want to take their kids away during school term and avoid a fine, give them a peaky blinder haircut ... cushty!

[Ken4155]

Okay, so apparently the school gave the mother X amount of days to get the lad's haircut sorted. But in the link it says that he has worn his hair this way for 7 MONTHS! If that is the case, then for those 7 months, it must have been deemed acceptable - until, that is the first episode of the new series of Peaky Blinders was aired last week. Seems odd.

[Buenchico]

The school staff appear to have some very odd hairstyles:
http://www.abbeyrc.bham.sch.uk/staff.htm

;-)

[marval]

I would have thought his education was more important. There looks to be nothing wrong with his haircut.

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - //Who has decided it is a 'fashion haircut.? //

The notion of 'fashion' is similar to the notion of 'celebrity' - these things grow organically as part of cultural experience, so no one person decides what is a 'fashion' - it simply becomes so - and then it falls out of fashion as something else replaces it.

//ps
Have you read this thread? //

I have never responded to any thread without reading it first - how else could I know what is being discussed?

[fiction-factory]

I too have read the whole thread.
I wonder if the parent(s) followed this process before deciding to refuse to cooperate with the request knowing the consequences?
http://www.abbeyrc.bham.sch.uk/pdfs/policy-complaints.pdf

[-Talbot-]

andy-hughes
The notion of 'fashion' is similar to the notion of 'celebrity' - these things grow organically as part of cultural experience, **so no one person decides what is a 'fashion'** - it simply becomes so - and then it falls out of fashion as something else replaces it.


andy-hughes
Because it is a 'fashion' haircut, and the uniform policy bands 'fashion' haircuts.


eh?

'and then it falls out of fashion as something else replaces it.'

So when Peaky Blinders is finished and forgotten about he will be able to attend the school with the haircut he has now ... super logic.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I agree the term 'fashion haircut' is too vague. But if the school deems a cut to be unacceptable (whether it be because it is considered to be fashionable or for another stated reason) it seems they do ask for it to be rectified in order to avoid a suspension. For all we know warnings may have been given previously. If the policy is too vague then the best approach is to discuss it with the school or governors or use the agreed complaints procedure- or find another school.

[-Talbot-]

Run me through why you would suspend on of these kids and no the other one.... http://i63.tinypic.com/20ibcc8.jpg

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - //andy-hughes
Because it is a 'fashion' haircut, and the uniform policy bands 'fashion' haircuts.


eh?

'and then it falls out of fashion as something else replaces it.' //

As I advised, schools forbid 'fashion' appearances in clothing and hair cuts because it erodes the concept of uniform and school identity.

//So when Peaky Blinders is finished and forgotten about he will be able to attend the school with the haircut he has now ... super logic. //

I don't make the rules, I simply attempt to explain what they are and why - based on the experience of being married to an ex-Head of a primary school who dealt with these issues.
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