The teacher who called the police on a black schoolchild leading to her being strip-searched has reportedly been fired from the school. The call to the police was made on false suspicion that the young girl was carrying Marijuana with her to school.

The teacher alleged that she smelt off the drug.The then 15-year-old was doing her exams in Hackney, East London when the ordeal happened. She was forced to undergo a "traumatic and humiliating" strip-search by police officers called to the school in the knowledge that she was menstruating.It was later established that she didn't have any drugs on her.

No adults were present and her mother was not contacted prior. The teacher involved has since allegedly been sacked after campaigners and the public rallied together at a protest in front of Stoke Newington Police Station on Friday calling for those involved to lose their jobs and be prosecuted. None of this can be confirmed because naming the school would put Child Q's identity at risk.

The schoolgirl recently launched legal action against the school and the Met for the ordeal. She also thanked thousands of people around the world who are actively demanding justice for her.

"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", she said in a statement.

Racism was a strong influencing factor behind the search, says the review

A safeguarding review by the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership found that if she was not black, her experience would have been different.It also found that racism was a strong influencing factor behind the search and in her treatment.

The school also 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 report said.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.

Child Q's mother said that she knows 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.

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.