SCHOOL THREATENS TO KICK 13-YEAR-OLD BOY OUT OF CLASSES UNLESS HE CHANGES HIS CONTROVERSIAL HAIRSTYLE

.Jayden Wilson, 13, told he will be kicked out of class over his hairstyle

.He has blonde highlights in short, gelled-back top with shaved sides

.The King Edmund School is Essex said his look breaks its rules

. Mother Diane Hyam, 51, said her son has had the style 'for months' 

A 13-year-old boy has been told he will be removed from school lessons if he does not change his hairstyle.

Mother Diane Hyam received a letter from The King Edmund School, in Rochford, Essex, warning her that her son's blonde highlights and gelled-back short hairstyle breaks uniform rules.

The 51-year-old says her son, Jayden Wilson, has had a short back and sides for years, and had his highlights added more than five months ago with no complaints from the school.

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Jayden Wilson, 13, pictured with mother Diane Hyam, 51, has been told he will be removed from lessons at The King Edmund School in Rochford, Essex, unless he changes his hairstyle

Mrs Hyam, of Rochford, also claims other pupils at the school have similar hairstyles.

She said: 'They say it is their policy, it is in the paperwork, to have natural colours in the hair. The school said he will be taken out of lessons and put in isolation if he does not get rid of the highlights.

'I have two school photos on the wall, one from two years ago and one from a year ago, both the sides of his hair shorter than it is now.

'I don't think there's anything wrong with his hair. It's a fashionable style which all the kids now have, with the gel in it makes the highlights darker and you can barely notice the blonde.

'It is neat and tidy and there has never been a problem in the past.

'My son feels like he can never do anything right. One teacher told him it's a problem with the length and another said it was the colour.'

Mrs Hyam said she has been told to dye the bolnde out of Jayden's hair, or he will be put on isolation.

She added: 'I had a letter before Christmas and that's the first we heard of anything.

'I don't want to change it and I don't see why I should, but if I really have to I will put some colours on it which still won't be natural. It is crazy.

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The school, pictured, said its policy was that pupil's hairstyles should be 'conventional and suitable'

'He also turns up to school in a clean white shirt, in the correct uniform and blazer and looking smart.

A spokesman for The King Edmund School  said staff try to resolve all breaches of uniform rules with parents.

He said: 'The King Edmund School has a long-standing approach to student hairstyles, which is that they should be conventional and suitable for school, reflecting the high standards that we seek in all aspects of school life.

'Extremes of fashion are not allowed and we ask parents to ensure that if hair is cut short that the scalp is not showing.

'We also ask that hairstyles are not coloured, or have colours in unnatural combinations.

'Where there are issues we work with parents to resolve matters as quickly as possible.'

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