UNIFORM- BOYS HAIR - EXTREME VARIATIONS IN LENGTH
John Therry sets and expects the highest standards for uniform. There are many reasons and benefits to this, and our parent body overwhelmingly value and support these expectations. We have also worked with parents and students to make changes to our uniform policy to meet more contemporary expectations, including the inclusion of girls pants, and adjustments to our rule for boys hair length to allow longer hair to be tied back.
We have been clear that for boys hair, extreme variations in length is not accepted and this includes styles like mullets, rats tails, lines shaved into hair and undercuts. Over the first few weeks of school, students have been given some grace time to have this rectified. Students that still have hairstyles outside expectations that are not rectified will be given a letter to have their hair fixed before returning to school. This includes a trend for students who comb over their rats tails, but then take it out once outside of school. Students that are seen in their school uniform, inside or outside of school with these hairstyles will need to have their hair cut.
We appreciate that some students may need to consider their priorities around whether they would like to seek more flexibility at another school setting to keep their hair, and we respect students and parents in their decisions here.