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Claudia Savage

‘Draconian’ school policies unfairly impact ethnic minority children, MPs told

‘Draconian’ school policies unfairly impact ethnic minority children, MPs were told (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

“Draconian behavioural policies” in schools are “disproportionately” impacting ethnic minority children, MPs have heard.

Labour MP Kim Johnson said racism in schools is a continuing problem as she called for a public inquiry into a “significant miscarriage of justice” that saw hundreds of ethnic minority children in the 1960s and 70s wrongly sent to schools that were designed for pupils with severe physical and mental disabilities.

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