The Department for Education have update its statutory guidance for teachers (1st October 2012) summarised below The guidance This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means recipients must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to handling allegations of abuse against teachers and other staff. What legislation does this guidance relate [...]
Teacher falsely accused of paedophilia in “Ku Klux Klan-like” internet campaign
May 3, 2012 from Leave a Comment
This article has been extracted from the Daily Telegraph 3rd May 2012. Neil Carr, 25 – who is heterosexual but celibate – was placed under investigation after a colleague overheard two young boys say to each other: ”Mr Carr is gay” during a conversation in a corridor. When asked about their comment both boys claimed [...]
Millions paid out to teachers for classroom assaults and accidents
April 10, 2012 from Leave a Comment
Excerpt from The Guardian NASUWT sees 20% rise in claims on previous year while NUT warns of huge stress now placed on staff Assaults, accidents, injuries and discrimination in the workplace have seen teachers collectively secure millions of pounds in compensation claims, according to figures released by three teaching unions to coincide with annual conferences over the [...]
New rules enable schools to dismiss incompetent teachers: the legal issues
January 19, 2012 from Leave a Comment
There is an interesting post by Catherine Wilson on Halsbury’s Law Exchange concerning the Government’s announcement that it intends to make it easier to dismiss inadequate teachers. According to last weeks’ press coverage, schools are to be given new powers to weed out incompetent teachers and enforce “rigorous” standards to ensure performance is maintained. However, behind [...]
Teacher and his wife were suspended for three years before being sacked from the same school
July 27, 2011 from Leave a Comment
A teacher and his wife were suspended for three years before being sacked from the same school. Garry Marsh was suspended from his job at Coppice Special School, in Newcastle, on April 18, 2008. The suspension related to an allegation, which Mr Marsh denies, that he arranged a date for a family member with a [...]
Falsely accused teacher wins battle to clear his name.
July 15, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This item has been extracted from an article in the Daily Mail printed on the 13th July 2011 A teacher falsely accused of assaulting a disruptive pupil won his battle to clear his name yesterday. Despite 33 years of unblemished service, Ronnie Lane was sacked after the 15-year-old claimed the arts teacher had seized his [...]
Teachers will be allowed to use force on unruly pupils as ministers lift ‘no touching’ rules to restore classroom discipline
July 12, 2011 from Leave a Comment
There is comprehensive coverage in the DAILY MAIL’s (11th July) on the Education Minister’s decision to axed Labour’s 600-page guidance on pupil discipline- which they claim confused teachers – and replaced it with just 52 pages. The new guidance comes as figures from the Department for Education revealed that nearly 1,000 pupils are excluded for [...]
Lord Black warns against giveing teachers anonymity
June 18, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This story appeared in the Daily Mail newspaper on 15th June 2011 Lord Black of Brentwood warned that the measures would have frightening implications for the welfare of vulnerable children and Press freedom in this country Plans to grant anonymity to teachers accused of mistreating pupils were branded ‘unprecedented, unnecessary and unworkable’ by a leading [...]
Union says false claims are ruing the lives of teachers
April 10, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This news item has been extracted from Belfast Today A teacher from Northern Ireland, falsely accused of throwing a pupil from a chair, had her own children interviewed as part of an investigation, it’s been claimed. The case was highlighted ahead of today’s Ulster Teachers’ Union [UTU] conference in Co Down, which will hear calls [...]