The 13-year-old's mum said school bosses are being "ridiculous", claiming that she is being denied her right to an education.
A fuming mum has hit out after her school daughter was banned from lessons... for having her hair in PLAITS.
Alisha Sutcliffe turned up to school with her hair styled into five French plaits which she began having during a holiday in Turkey.
That is when the 13-year-old was kicked out of the classroom, having to have lessons in isolation instead.
Now her 43-year-old mum Amanda has slammed the school for the "unnecessary punishment".
Amanda said: "It's completely over the top and I think it's a ridiculous response to her just having her hair in plaits.
"Apparently it's extreme because she has more than one plait, which is ludicrous.
"You would think she had gone to school with a multi-coloured mohican, when in fact it meant her hair was tidy and tied back.
"Some of the teachers even told her it looked nice before another decided it was against the rules. What sort of message is that sending pupils?"
The mum and daughter decided to start styling her hair in that fashion while on holiday with her brother Matthew, 12.
They claim she had previously returned from a holiday with the same style while she was at primary school with no fuss.
Hoping to not break any school rules, Amanda checked the guidelines and found no reference to plaits - even ensuring they were tied with blue bobbles to match Alisha's uniform.
After returning to school however the teenager from Burnley, Lancs, was told to remove them.
Amanda said: "She came home from school and said a teacher had told her to take them out.
"She was quite upset because she'd only had them done the a couple of days before so I told her not to, as I couldn't see why it would be such a big problem for her to keep them in."
St Christopher's C of E High School in Accrington has an outstanding rating by Ofsted and in the uniform policy on its website the only reference to girls' hair is that extreme hairstyles or hair colouring is not allowed.
But when Alisha went back to school on Tuesday, she was removed from assembly and put into isolation for the day as punishment for the plaits.
"I got a phonecall that afternoon telling me what had happened," said Amanda.
"I couldn't believe the school had got their priorities so long. They denied her of her right to an education just because she had plaits in her hair.
"Some girls go into school with their hair looking a right mess with big scruffy buns - her hair was tidy and off her face.
"She doesn't like getting into trouble and I think the school should be ashamed of caring more about her hair than her education."
Amanda has since remove the plaits to avoid problems at school.
Culled from UK Mirror
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