Charities sign open letter demanding improved safeguarding after black schoolgirl strip-searched
Children's charities have signed an open letter calling for better safeguarding training in schools after a black schoolgirl was strip-searched.found the search of the 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, was unjustified and racism was "likely" to have been a factor.newspaper.Protests erupted after it emerged the teenager was searched by two female Metropolitan Police officers at a school in Hackney in 2020.
During the incident, the girl was taken out of an exam to the school's medical room and strip-searched by officers who were looking for cannabis, while teachers remained outside.In the letter, the charities said: "Never again should a child be forced to suffer in this way. "Safeguarding training and relevant guidance for all teachers needs to be reviewed and strengthened, in line with the reviewers' recommendations.
"We also believe that all safeguarding training that teachers undertake must include a specific element on racial bias, so teachers are more alert to the traumatic and lifelong negative impact that racism has on children."Protests have also been held in east London over the student's treatmentIt has apologised to the girl and her family, who are suing the east London school and the Met Police over the incident.
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