[Lord Nikon]

Quite frankly I think the school overreacted. Exam times can be stressful, and omissions like wearing the wrong shoes can be expected. Could have been worse. What (IMO) they should have done is told him to rectify it prior to his next exam, or the next day. Sounds like whoever made the decision was being a 'jobsworth' really.

At the end of the day, a certain amount of flexibility doesn't go amiss. But the situation gets blown out of all realistic proportion, with some kids going to court and gaining the right to wear a jibab at school, other kids being allowed to bend / break uniform regulations based on religion etc, if the rules are to be enforced they must be enforced for ALL pupils with no flexibility for certain ones, or they must be flexible for all. Uniform was created to bring uniformity to school atire. If they can state that all pupils were adhering 100% to the uniform rule at that school, and that he was the only exception, then yes, he was excluded from the exam justifiably, but I am willing to bet he wasn't the only one, merely the only one they excluded