THE TEACHER who called the police on a black schoolgirl who was stripped-search after being falsely accused of carrying cannabis has reportedly been sacked, according to MyLondon.

The then 15-year-old girl, who is only known as Child Q, was sitting exams at her school based in Hackney, east-London before the teacher alleged she smelt of the drug.

The child was then forced to undergo a “traumatic and humiliating” strip-search by police officers called to the school in the knowledge that she was menstruating.

No other adults were present and the child’s mother was not contacted, while no drugs were found.

After campaigners and the public rallied together at a protest in front of Stoke Newington Police Station on Friday and called for those involved to lose their jobs and be prosecuted, the teacher involved in the incident has alleged been sacked.

However, the reports are unable to be confirmed because naming the school would put Child Q’s identity at risk.

In recent days, the schoolgirl has launched legal action against the school and the Met Police for the ordeal and thanked “thousands of people across the world” who are demanding justice for the young girl.

In statement released on Friday, she said: “I want to thank the thousands of people across the world of all backgrounds who have offered me support – both publicly and through messages conveyed to my legal team – following everything I’ve been through. I know I am not alone.”

A safeguarding review by the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership, it found that racism “was likely to have been an influencing factor” in her treatment and that the school had “insufficient focus on the safeguarding needs” of the young girl after being made to reuse her sanitary towel and return to her exams.

The review also said that if she was not black, her experience would have been different.

Since the 2020 incident, came to light, Child Q described how she couldn’t go a day without wanting to “scream, shout, cry or just give up.”

Chanel Dolcy, a solicitor at Bhatt Murphy – who is representing Child Q’s case against the Met – said that efforts will to be for “cast iron commitments to ensure this never happens again to any other child” and called on the Mayor of London to ensure the suitable appointment to take on the top job at the Met.

“The Metropolitan Police has seemed incapable of reform for generations, and it is difficult to say that will ever change,” she said.

“Nevertheless, this is a pivotal time for the Metropolitan Police as it awaits the appointment of a new Commissioner and so the family are calling on the Home Secretary and Mayor of London to ensure that only someone willing to declare publicly the persistence of institutional racism and institutional sexism in the Metropolitan Police is appointed.

“The family expect the new Commissioner to include affected communities in designing a plan to rid the force of these diseases and to affect that plan as a priority.”

Child Q’s mother said that she know looks for the police officers involved are held to “account and face real consequences for what they have done” as three out of the four officers who were called to the school remain under investigation by the police watchdog.

Florence Cole, an Education & Community Care solicitor at Just for Kids Law, who is representing the girl’s case against her school, said: “From the education aspect, there is still ongoing correspondence with the school following the initial complaint launched by Child Q and her mother in 2020; in which they seek to hold the school to account and to ensure this never happens again to any other child.  

“No child should be subjected to such an ordeal, and it is hoped that the school will reflect and consider the detrimental effects and negative impact that adultification, disproportionate sanctioning and the over policing of black children has on their emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing, particularly in light of the City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership report and its findings.”

Demonstrations in support of Child Q are planned throughout the country this week as MPs and campaigners call on the Prime Minister and Education Secretary to condemn the actions of those involved in the incident.