Mum Sam Deyes took her son Charlie out of school because he had been put into isolation in a locked room, and allowed to go to the toilet twice a day with a teacher escort. His crime? His new haircut was "distracting other pupils."
Charlie, 14, who goes to Kingswood Academy in Hull, had been given a short back and sides the day before he returned after the Easter holidays. But the haircut fell foul of his school's uniform policies, which say: "Hair needs to be smart and conservative... Extreme hair styles, including obvious step changes in hair length are also not permitted for any student."
Charlie's mum, Sam, said: "A school uniform, I totally understand that the policies have got to be strict, but I said [to the school], 'It's a haircut, can you explain to me why you've had to put him in isolation, which is punishing him?'
