Teachers say they no longer want police based in schools after Child Q outrage

NEU president Daniel Kebede said the Child Q case highlighted ‘a growing trend in which police are ever-present in schools’, leading to the increased criminalisation of children. Photograph: NEU/PA

Teachers said they no longer want police to be stationed in schools after outrage over the treatment of Child Q, as National Education Union members voted for the removal of the senior Met police officers involved in the case.

Delegates to the NEU’s annual conference backed a motion that said calling the police to deal with pupils “must be a last resort” for schools and teachers.