UK Schools Sending Children as Young as Four Home for ‘Racism’
27th August 2025
Britain’s newspapers, pointing this week to a rise in the number of children being sent home from school due to alleged ‘racist behaviour,’ would have their declining readerships believe there is a real problem with child racism.
But critical commentators have highlighted that some of those children being suspended are as young as four, and that even in cases involving older pupils, the problem often lies more with the teachers themselves.
More than 15,000 suspensions for ‘racism’ took place last year, compared to 7,400 in 2021—a more than 100% increase. Almost 2,500 of the 2024 suspensions related to children at primary school, attended by those aged four to 11.