Boy suspended for shaved haircut

Chadleigh Walker says he is bored staying at home

An eight-year-old boy has been suspended from school after turning up for lessons with a shaved head.

Chadleigh Walker was sent home from Ysgol Llywelyn in Rhyl after trying to copy a hair style he had seen while watching the World Cup.

His mother Heather, 26, said : "He's an eight-year-old boy, it's ridiculous."

But a spokeswoman for Denbighshire Council said the schools prospectus stated certain shaved or dyed hairstyles were not allowed.

Chadleigh's family say he had his hair cut after spotting a style on a footballer he liked.

But they claimed the school's headteacher complained about the hairstyle so they shaved it off.

'Really upset'

Now they say he has been suspended for having shaved hair and has been told he will not be allowed back until it grows to a "reasonable length".

I think it's absolutely ridiculous that a child's education should be stopped for a haircut Heather Walker, mother

Chadleigh said: "I just want to go to school and learn - it's daft. I miss maths and literacy and reading books and playing outside with my friends.

"I feel like I'm bored, I hate staying at home."

His mother said: "When we took him to school on Monday we were told he had to go home and wait for his hair to grow back.

"I think it's absolutely ridiculous that a child's education should be stopped for a haircut.

"We are very worried because Chadleigh has struggled anyway with his curriculum so he needs to go school.

"It's his sports day tomorrow and he's going to miss that and he's really upset about it."

The family claimed Chadleigh had had his head shaved before but there was never a problem at the school.

A spokeswoman for the council said the school's rules were not county-wide policy but the school's prospectus stated certain hairstyles would not be allowed.

She added the decision had been made by the governors.