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Pupils at a Kent school will now be allowed to wear fake eyelashes due to “mental health considerations.” Uniform policy at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, Kent is set to be changed as students were missing classes. Parents were sent a letter informing them of the decision after attendance was affected by students wearing them. Headteacher David Collins said students were missing school to have their lashes removed or refusing to attend without them. The letter said: “We are increasingly seeing attendance affected by students taking time off to have false eyelashes removed or refusing to attend sc…

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