School bans girl weeks before exams for being TOO GINGER

Ban may affect her exam chances.

We all know schools generally have dress codes, but some of them can be a bit much.

A school in England has banned 17-year-old Emily Reay, who is about to sit her A-Levels at the end of term, because her hair is too ginger.

Emily has naturally auburn hair, and she has had the same colour for three years, but after returning from the Easter school holidays, Trinity School in Carlisle, England, banned her from attending classes until she had a “more appropriate” hair colour.

Emily said: “I was very angry at first, and then burst into tears.”

She offered to pin her hair up if teachers were concerned about the colour, but the offer was rejected.

The budding musician said: “I’ve had the same colour for the past three years, and nobody at school has commented on it. Everyone knows me as that ‘young ginger singer’.

“If I had to dye my hair brown, I would lose that.”

Emily said her colour had been a “bone of contention” since the start of the school year, but teachers had let her get away with it.

“The laughable thing is my hair was brighter than this on prom night, and I won best hairstyle award.”

Her mother Julie, was equally furious about the ban saying: “The school’s uniform policy clearly states no unnatural hair colours, like blue or green”.

“Is ginger not a natural hair colour? It's like living in the Victorian times.”

Emily Reay. Pic: Facebook

A spokesman for the school, Mr Winter, said: "All sixth form students are issued with information about what is acceptable or unacceptable at the start of the academic year.

"Trinity School sixth-form students are role models for the rest of the school."

He said the school has a policy of maintaining high standards.

"The vast majority of parents are very keen on our high standards," said Mr Winter.

H/T: The Mirror.