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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Headteacher of school where Child Q was strip-searched steps down over health issues

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The headteacher of a London school where a black schoolgirl was strip-searched while on her period has stood down because of health issues.

The 15-year-old girl, known only as Child Q, was hauled out of an exam and strip-searched by female Metropolitan Police officers at the Hackney-based school without another adult present and in the knowledge she was menstruating.

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