Pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural Afro styles at school, a watchdog has declared.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission stressed uniform policies that ban certain hairstyles without exceptions on racial grounds “are likely to be unlawful”.
This includes natural Afros, braids, cornrows, plaits and head coverings, among other styles, the EHRC said in the resources it has issued today to guide schools in England, Scotland and Wales.
