Students that require mirrors for “medical purposes” must request one from reception.
A Lincolnshire school has banned mirrors from its bathrooms after students took too long while looking at themselves.
According to the school’s headmaster, the whole ordeal was making students late for class and made others feel uncomfortable.
Grant Edgar, headmaster at William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School in Welton told the BBC that the mirrors caused “some issues at transition times.”
He added that students would often gather in “large groups” around the mirrors which made it “uncomfortable for some students to use the toilets.”
Those that need a mirror for “medical purposes” can request one at the school’s reception.
Many of the parents of students have criticised the decision.
Speaking to the Telegraph, a parent named Kelly called the move “silly” and a “bit extreme.”
She added: “They’re just mirrors, aren’t they?
“We have mirrors at home, why can’t we have them in school?”
Another parent, Karen, first heard of the decision from her daughter, but she struggled to see the issue.
She said: “I said what’s your issue?
“She can’t go in and check her hair and check her eyelashes haven’t fallen off.
“Now she can’t do that and she can get to class on time, it’s actually probably not a bad thing.”
Emma Kenny, a child psychologist, weighed in on the decision saying that kids should be “part of decisions” that affect their lives.
Ms Kenny added: “You don’t know what’s going on in that kid’s life.
“That hub in the bathroom where they are checking make-up and covering spots can be powerfully important to them.”
