Schoolboy thrown out of classroom over his haircut

A mother from Bedfordshire is refusing to send her son to primary school after teachers threatened him with isolation because he got his hair cut like his favourite footballer.

Nine year old Danny Purdy saved up £7 of his own pocket money to get a cut like Arsenal star Olivier Giroud.

But he came home from Brooklands Middle School in Leighton Buzzard in tears after being told off by his teachers and threatened with being put in a separate classroom.

The school has defended its stance saying that the haircut breached school policy because a large part of Danny's hair was shaved almost to the scalp while the rest was long.

Sarah Purdy says the school wants him to have his hair the same length all over.