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If the school wants to search me, whom should they ask?
If the school has a good reason for searching you. Usually for a search to be considered reasonable, the school would need to have good reason to believe that you have in your possession an item which it would be important enough to find to justify the intrusion into your privacy. The more intrusive a search is the more likely that a court would strongly demand that there be reasonable grounds for suspicion. Strip searches would probably be regarded as too intrusive unless there was concealment of a dangerous weapon or an imminent risk to life.
Searches of whole classes would not normally be considered reasonable, as the school could not have a good reason to suspect every student of possessing the item searched for.
For example a reasonable search for drugs would be one where they had a good reason to think that you had drugs on you, not one where they knew drugs were being taken to the school but had no real reason to suspect you in particular.
It also depends on whether you are old enough and mature enough to decide this for yourself. If you are under 16 and lack the maturity to make up your own mind then your parents can decide for you. But if you are of an age and mature enough so that you are capable of making an informed decision, the school must get your consent before any search can be carried out (unless 2. on the previous page applies).
Many schools have a policy that means that they ask your parents (as well as you) for consent or ask your parents to be present during a search.
Searches of whole classes would not normally be considered reasonable, as the school could not have a good reason to suspect every student of possessing the item searched for.
For example a reasonable search for drugs would be one where they had a good reason to think that you had drugs on you, not one where they knew drugs were being taken to the school but had no real reason to suspect you in particular.
It also depends on whether you are old enough and mature enough to decide this for yourself. If you are under 16 and lack the maturity to make up your own mind then your parents can decide for you. But if you are of an age and mature enough so that you are capable of making an informed decision, the school must get your consent before any search can be carried out (unless 2. on the previous page applies).
Many schools have a policy that means that they ask your parents (as well as you) for consent or ask your parents to be present during a search.
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