Schoolgirl banned from the classroom because her hair is too short after she shaved it off to raise £1,000 for charity

Charlotte Duggan, 12, shaved off her long hair to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign

Teachers banned her from class and put her in isolation for two days

She was inspired to complete the fundraising stunt by her grandmother's successful battle against the disease

But headmistress insists pupils were warned about drastic styles before summer holiday



Short-changed: School girl Charlotte Duggan raised £1,000 for Breast Cancer Campaign by shaving her head, only to be banned from classes at her school in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

A 12-year-old girl has been banned from class after shaving her head for charity - because the drastic style was against school rules.



Charlotte Duggan raised £1,000 to have her hair chopped off for Breast Cancer Campaign after being inspired by her own grandmother's successful battle with the deadly disease nine years ago.



She returned to school in Basingstoke, Hampshire expecting to be praised for her selflessness, but instead was left 'upset' and 'humiliated' when teachers banished her into isolation for two days.



Charlotte was also prohibited from mixing with her classmates and going out at lunch and breaktimes - with teachers at Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College allowing her only a brief trip to the canteen.

She decided to undergo the radical image overhaul at the beginning of August, when schools were on annual summer holiday.

The young fundraiser, who also had the Breast Cancer Campaign's iconic yellow ribbon shaped into her shorn hair, was devastated by the school's reaction.

She said: 'I only decided to shave my head at the beginning of August so I could not have asked the school for permission.

'Isolation is supposed to be for bad behaviour. I was upset and I don’t know how it will affect my education.'



Charlotte's mum, Kerry Duggan, 31, has also been left furious by the way her daughter's good deed was repaid.



Devastated: Charlotte Duggan had been inspired to shave her head by her grandmother, who battled cancer nine years ago