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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Alice Clifford

‘It cost them more to write the letter’: Mother outraged after school charges 10-year-old for broken pencil

Louise Owen / SWNS

A mother was astounded to be charged 20p by a primary school to replace a pencil they say her 10-year-old son broke.

Louise Owen was shocked when her son, Lennie-Lee, handed her the letter from Lawn Primary School in Northfleet, Kent, saying they would have to pay to replace the damaged equipment.

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