Emily Reary has been told to tone down her colour (Picture: CATERS)

We’d understand if she’d have gone for the Sergio Aguero hair style, but this 17-year-old has been kicked out of class for being too ginger.

Emily Reay has been barred from attending lessons just two months before her A-level exams until she dyes her hair a more natural colour.

Staff at Trinity School in Carlisle, Cumbria, made the decision when she returned from her Easter break.

The talented musician said: ‘When they told me I just burst into tears – I was so angry.


‘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”.



‘For me it is all about confidence. If I had to dye my hair brown, I would lose that.’

The musician said her hair colour makes her confident (Picture: CATERS)

Emily was informed of the action being taken after the assembly on Monday April 13 and claims she was told it would need to be changed by next Monday.

She continued: ‘I had to dye my hair to a more natural colour, or tone it down considerably.

Her parents Julie and Andy went to the school to discuss the matter with sixth-form headteacher Andrew Winter.

Julie, 44, said: ‘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.’

Trinity School in Cumbria (Picture: Google Street View)

Determined not to miss out on important lessons, a defiant Emily says she will return to school with her hair pinned up.

Sixth-form head Mr Winter issued the following statement: ‘Trinity School sixth-form students are role models for the rest of the school.

‘We have a policy of maintaining high standards. All sixth form students are issued with information about what is acceptable or unacceptable at the start of the academic year.

‘The vast majority of parents are very keen on our high standards.’

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