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| Hair boy's 'rights not breached' | Hair boy's 'rights not breached' |
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| A County Antrim school did not sexually discriminate against boys with its uniform policy, the High Court has ruled. | A County Antrim school did not sexually discriminate against boys with its uniform policy, the High Court has ruled. |
| Ballyclare High School does not allow pupils to grow their hair to a length that reaches their blazer collars. | Ballyclare High School does not allow pupils to grow their hair to a length that reaches their blazer collars. |
| One boy had been suspended and then segregated because he would not cut his hair. | One boy had been suspended and then segregated because he would not cut his hair. |
| The judge said the boy's human rights had not been breached but "a lesser sanction should have been used". | The judge said the boy's human rights had not been breached but "a lesser sanction should have been used". |
| Mr Justice Weatherup said segregation "was not part of the disciplinary policy". | Mr Justice Weatherup said segregation "was not part of the disciplinary policy". |
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| He also ruled that the GCSE student should have been put in detention rather than segregated on his return to Ballyclare High School. | |
| The school had gone to the High Court seeking confirmation that its uniform and disciplinary policies were lawful after the haircut row intensified. | |
| The judge said he would be making the declaration sought stressing that it "may be considered heavy-handed given the escalating issues in the case". | |
| Lawyers for the 16-year-old and another pupil disciplined for the length of his hair had contested the action, with Children's Commission Patricia Lewsley also brought in to give her opinion. | |
| However, after a three-day judicial review hearing, the judge said he was satisfied that the school code was not unlawful. |