It has been reported in the Guardian that teachers won record amounts of compensation last year after suffering accidents, injuries or assaults at school, figures show. One secondary school teacher was awarded more than £382,000 after his arm was caught in a filing cabinet, and another won £240,000 after working in a poorly ventilated workshop [...]
teachers won record amounts of compensation last year after suffering accidents, injuries or assaults at school
April 5, 2013 from Leave a Comment
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 [...]
‘Make them pay’: Pupils who make false claims against their teachers should be dealt with by police, says union
April 10, 2012 from Leave a Comment
As reported in the Daily Mail 9th April 2012 Pupils who make malicious allegations against teachers should face criminal charges, a union said today. The NASUWT said false claims remain ‘an enduring problem’, blighting the lives and careers of accused teachers, and called for urgent action to make sure that those responsible face punishment. The [...]
Teacher wins unlawful arrest case
April 11, 2011 from 1 Comment
Richardson v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2011] EWHC 773 (QB); [2011] WLR (D) 116 “Before a police officer made an arrest, pursuant to section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, he had to consider, in accordance with the requirements of section 24(4), whether arrest was necessary or whether voluntary attendance [...]
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 [...]
NUT comment on Teacher Allegations
August 11, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Commenting on today’s reporting of FOI data relating to allegations against teachers during the past year, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said; “Most allegations against school staff are false or even malicious allegations, made when teachers intervene to restore good behaviour at school. Only a small [...]
Voice: the union for education professionals has welcomed news that teachers are to be granted anonymity
July 10, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Voice: the union for education professionals has welcomed news that teachers are to be granted anonymity while complaints against them by pupils are investigated, and given a cautious welcome to new disciplinary and search powers. General Secretary Philip Parkin said: “We are delighted by the news on anonymity. Voice has been campaigning for the right [...]
Most claims of abuse by pupils against their teachers are false allegations made maliciously
May 26, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Most claims of abuse by pupils against their teachers are false allegations made maliciously, it has been found. Not even a third of all sexual or physical harm claims are proven, an investigation by the Daily Telegraph found. Hundreds of claims investigated each year are found to be false. The findings have led the NASUWT [...]
NAS/UWT respond to on Government’s response to Select Committee report false allegations
October 28, 2009 from 1 Comment
‘Select Committee recommendations on allegations against staff should be implemented urgently’ says the NASUWT Commenting on the release of the Government’s response to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee’s report into allegations against school staff, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The Select Committee report marked another important [...]
Union poll shows that a quarter of teachers have been affected by false allegations
October 25, 2009 from Leave a Comment
Teachers fight back against false claims of pupil assault Poll by Association of Teachers and Lecturers reveals that quarter of school staff have faced unfounded accusations An article by Anushka Asthana in The Observer, on Sunday 25 October 2009 states that there has been alarming rise in the number of false allegations being made against teachers [...]
Workers ill during holiday can now claim back time from their employers
September 18, 2009 from Leave a Comment
According to an article in the Times …. Workers who are ill during their holidays can now claim the time back from their employers following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice. The court said that employees had the right to ask for statutory leave to be “reallocated” when it was spoilt by [...]
Just 2% of claims against teachers turn out to be true
May 17, 2009 from Leave a Comment
According to a report by Laura Clark in the Daily Mail just 2% of claims against teachers turn out to be true. The scale of false allegations against teachers was yesterday exposed in official figures showing just 2 per cent result in cautions or convictions. Heads will be told to stop reporting unfounded allegations to prospective bosses when [...]
Kerelaw report published – major failings identified
May 12, 2009 from Leave a Comment
An inquiry into a school for vulnerable youngsters hit by child abuse allegations has reported “significant failures” in management. The Kerelaw Residential Unit in Stevenson, Ayrshire, was closed in 2006 following a police investigation. In 2007 the Scottish Government asked former civil servant Eddie Frizzell to carry out an independent investigation. His report said physical [...]
Kerelaw Report: UNISON welcome criticism of investigative practice
May 12, 2009 from Leave a Comment
Kerelaw Report – initial response from UNISON UNISON, the union representing the social care staff working in the Kerelaw residential school, today agreed with the general trend of the conclusions and recommendations of the Frizzell report – particularly the criticisms of the council’s own earlier investigations. Ronnie Stevenson Convenor of UNISON’s Glasgow City Branch Social [...]
Teachers in fear of violence ‘are paying for body armour’
April 17, 2009 from Leave a Comment
From The Times, April 16, 2009, Nicola Woolcock Teachers in some special schools have been forced to have vaccinations before going into the classroom and to wear the kind of armguards used by police-dog trainers — both of which they had to pay for themselves — it was claimed yesterday. They are being bitten, kicked [...]
Thousands of teachers ‘at risk’
March 3, 2009 from Leave a Comment
From the BBC Website and Ceefax: Thousands of teaching careers are being destroyed by heavy handed child protection procedures, teachers’ unions and an MP have claimed. One union leader told BBC File On 4, that teachers facing complaints are “guilty until proved innocent.” Barry Sheerman, chair of the Commons Select Committe on Children, Schools and [...]
Teachers fear the lasting mark of sex abuse allegations
February 21, 2009 from Leave a Comment
As a Welsh teacher is acquitted of abusing young boys in his care, Lisa Jones and Moira Sharkey examine where the line between protecting children and protecting their teachers really falls. The acquittal of a teacher accused of sexually assaulting pupils has sparked fresh calls for anonymity of defendants in future cases. FACT, an organisation [...]
ASPECT calls for specialist foster parents to be given employment rights
February 11, 2009 from Leave a Comment
Children’s services union Aspect today called for a new employment deal for frontline childcare workers. Aspect general secretary John Chowcat said, “We welcome moves by the Children’s Workforce Development Council to recognise the professional status of specialist foster carers. “In the broad spectrum of childcare specialist foster carers provide vital support to the most challenging [...]
UNISON show suport for staff
January 26, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The Glasgow branch of Unison passed the following resoultion at its recent meeting. Glasgow City Council by its action has severely tarnished the professional reputation of all staff who have worked at Kerelaw. This has also led in many cases to their personal lives being shattered. Unison accepts that everyone who works in Social Services [...]
London teacher throttled by pupil as colleagues look on unable to intervene
December 28, 2008 from 1 Comment
We are grateful to NFPS (National Federation for Personal Safety) for bringing this article to our attention. This story also appears in the Daily Mail A teacher who won £250,000 compensation after a pupil tried to strangle him has criticised the apparent ‘can’t touch’ culture that exists in schools after other teaching staff initially refused to [...]
NASUWT go on the offensive regarding malicious allegations
September 29, 2008 from Leave a Comment
A legal injustice is being perpetrated against teachers. Those accused of child abuse (sexual, physical, verbal assault) face investigation into the allegations without any provision for their identity to be protected. Current legislation Allegations against teachers are investigated under the Children Act. The effect of its operation is to reverse normal criminal convention. Teachers accused [...]
Huge rise in teacher suspensions
September 14, 2008 from
There has been an 86% increase in the number of teachers suspended on full pay in the UK over claims of pupil mistreatment, the BBC has learned. The Donal McIntyre programme on BBC Radio 5 Live obtained details from Freedom of Information requests to all 204 local authorities in the UK. Among the 40% of [...]
Innocent workers risk being dismissed
May 8, 2008 from Leave a Comment
According to a report by the BBC workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job… ….An online database of workers accused of theft and dishonesty, [...]