MULLET haircuts are above all a lifestyle.

"Business in the front, party in the back" is the motto of those who love this hairstyle.

But not everyone believes mullets should be worn everywhere, as a Victorian high school in Ballarat has proved, and is now under fire for trying to outlaw the mullet on school grounds.

Local parents and community members reacted to this news, with a vast majority of them saying a child's haircut is no one's business.

Local hairdresser from SKM in Euroa Sheridan Marchenko said her son Kaiden Carson had a beautiful mullet.

"He is in year two at Euroa Primary School this year, and his mullet has never been cut ever and he is super attached to is there is no way school would convince him to cut it off and I would never let that happen either," she said.

Cathie Costantinides said it was "only a hair cut".

"It is pretty silly people objecting, let kids be individuals," she said.

Tania Hodges said she didn't see how a haircut could impact on a boy's ability to learn.

Kylie Bourke said she's agreed, "As long as it's not in their eyes it shouldn't matter".

Same for Rhonda Levy, who said "How kids wear their hair is no one's business".

Samantha Raewynn shared her advice.

"Kids should be allowed to express themselves, it's only a haircut," she said.

Sandra Barns said this interdiction would probably have the counter effect of the one expected.

"I bet this will increase the mullet growth," she said.

Gordon Grant said a haircut shouldn't matter to a school.

"They should be more concerned with the inside of the head, not the outside," he said.

Lorraine Lease said, "How you dress and present yourself including your hair style has a big impact on your self–esteem".

"Let kids style their hair how they want so they feel comfortable and confident," she said.

Local mum Tara Dowell loves her son's Raffa Horsburgh mullet.

"Raffa's mullet started as a COVID–19 lockdown joke, due to not being able to access a hairdresser and his hair was growing rapidly," she said.

"But it has very much become a little part of his identity now and I'll be sad the day he decides to do the chop."

It is important to know that this hairstyle, characterised by a short brush on the top of the head and long locks at the nape of the neck, comes from the 6th century BC.

The Hittite warriors, the Egyptians but also the Assyrians proudly sported it.

MacGyver, Sylvester Stallone and the Beastie Boys did not invent this now iconic haircut.

Even locals who don't like the looks of it defended the right for children to rock whichever style they liked best, such as Stace Short who said "ideally mullets shouldn't be allowed anywhere at all".

"But since apparently they're in style again, they should be permitted at school," she said.

"Kids don't have too many ways to express themselves and be individuals, so leave them their hair."

Ash Banes agreed and said, "Mullets shouldn't be allowed full stop".

"But in all seriousness I don't think a school has the right to tell a kid how they can and can't have their hair," she said.

"What happened to freedom of individuality."

A minority of other community members said they agreed schools, especially private ones, should be able to have a dress code.

Margaret Andersson said she "personally can't stand mullets".

"I believe that schools should be able to set their own standards in terms of their dress code," she said.

Maddie Caulfield also agreed and said that forbidding the mullet was logic in order to conform to a certain code, "like we all do with our own workplaces and when attending certain venues".