Boy sent home from school on first day because of his Sergio Aguero haircut

Manchester City fan Garry Hill was pulled up by a teacher at, Astley Sports College in Dukinfield about the two shaved lines on his hair. After being told he'd have to go home the boy's dad Garry snr, 45, drove to school and spoke to the headteacher.

According to the Manchester Evening News, Mr Hill said "I was told the haircut was unacceptable and I said I would take him home and shave out the lines. But then I was told his shoes were also unacceptable.

"I told them I had bought them from Trespass from their back-to-school range. He'd been to the induction day in them and I was told they'd be fine."

The father-of-six went home with his son and ‘shaved out’ the two lines on the side of Garry Jnr head and returned at 1pm.

He added: "It was just ridiculous. It was his first day at a new school."

Mr Hill continued: "I was happy to sort his hair and I could have got him some more shoes at a later point. They could have just said ‘we have a couple of issues with his hair and shoes and it could have been sorted. My son is confused about the school. He doesn't know whether he wants to go back there or not. We're talking about getting him into a new school.

"He's a City supporter and he totally admires Sergio Aguero."

Eamonn Murphy, head teacher at the 600-pupil school, told the MEN: "These are the rules and parents know them."

The school's website makes it clear hair with ‘steps’ or ‘tramlines’ aren’t acceptable and nor are black shoes with velcro straps instead of laces.

These rules are posted to parents and emphasised with pictures of shoes deemed unacceptable during their induction day, insisted Mr Murphy.

He said pupils who fall foul of rules on hair are given an hour to rectify it and that pupils are loaned shoes until they get an appropriate pair.

Mr Murphy said he would be meeting with Garry and added: "If there's something where we feel we have done wrong, we will of course apologise."

But he stood by the school’s dress policy which he said he had bolstered in the five years he had been at head at the school.

He continued: "We don't allow trainers at the school and that's in line with many schools today.

"He wasn't happy about that and he decided to take his son home.

"I have pointed out to Mr Hill that those rules are on our website and we have sent him a letter about it that actually trainers aren't appropriate.