Doreen Lawrence calls for replacement of statue in memory of her son Stephen at West Country primary school

Pupils' work done on Stephen Lawrence Day at Trinity Church School, during Pepe Hart's time there.

Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered black teenager Stephen, has said an academy trust should consider replacing the statue in his memory at a West Country primary school, whose removal during building work in 2016 has featured extensively on this website.

Meanwhile, Stephen’s brother Stuart told Education Uncovered that he was “disappointed and upset” about the affair, that the trust has never apologised to the family for what happened and that the trust’s decision to make a charity set up in Stephen’s memory as its charity of the year was a “small gesture to cover their backs”.

The trust denied this final point, although it did not respond to Stuart’s statement about it not having apologised to the family.

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