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This involved the removal of the 15-year-old's clothing including underwear, her bending over and having to expose intimate parts of her body while she was menstruating, the panel has heard.

On Tuesday, the panel was told the examination exposed Child Q's intimate parts and that she was menstruating at the time - which she had explained to the officers.

Child Q was menstruating at the time, as she told the two officers who searched her, but they nevertheless proceeded with the search.

Holly added there was "massive inequality" for menstruating students, who sometimes had to detour to the school office to get period products.

Women are considered to have hit menopause when they haven’t menstruated for a year.