BNP members to be barred from teaching – The Guardian
“Headteachers are to be given the power to dismiss teachers who are members of the BNP or other groups which have an ‘extremist tenor’.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: teachers
Liverpool headteacher fined over pupil’s roof fall – The Guardian
“A headteacher was fined £20,000 today for an ‘act of folly’ during A-level celebrations which left one of his pupils with a fractured skull and permanent damage to his eyesight.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police ‘witch hunt’ criticised as former school master is cleared of abuse – The Independent
“The case against a former approved school housemaster accused of sexual abuse was thrown out by a judge today – amid stinging criticism of police investigators.”
The Independent, 24th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher jailed for sex with under-age girl – The Independent
“A secondary school teacher was jailed for four years today after being found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.”
The Independent, 13th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former headteacher jailed for 21 years for beatings and sex abuse of boys – The Guardian
“A former boarding school headteacher convicted of abusing male pupils, both sexually and physically, during the 1970s and 1980s was today imprisoned for 21 years.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Married teacher jailed over teenage sex charges – The Independent
“A married teacher who had sexual relationships with three teenage girls was jailed today for nearly seven years, court officials said.”
The Independent, 27th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
School lab technician jailed for drugging pupil – The Independent
“A school lab technician who knocked a teenage pupil unconscious by tricking her into wearing a dust mask doused in chloroform was jailed for two-and-a-half years today.”
The Independent, 24th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher jailed for 1970s schoolboy sex attacks – The Independent
“A teacher who sexually abused two teenage schoolboys in the 1970s was jailed for three and a half years today. ”
The Independent, 24th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors – WLR Daily
Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors [2010] EWCA Civ 808; [2010] WLR (D) 189
“If an applicant seeking registration, or a registered approved driving instructor seeking renewal of his registration, failed to disclose convictions or made a false declaration that he had no convictions, that struck at the heart of the registration process and the question whether he was a ‘fit and proper person’ to be entered in the applicable register.”
WLR Daily, 16th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series th corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Teachers to be given new powers to crack down on nuisance pupils – The Guardian
“Teachers will get tougher powers to deal with unruly pupils in a ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on nuisance in the classroom, ministers will announce today.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-teaching assistant jailed for child porn – The Independent
“A former teaching assistant caught with more than 21,000 indecent images of children was jailed for nearly eight years today.”
The Independent, 5th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher sacked for sexually inappropriate comments – Daily Telegraph
“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil is sacked – The Independent
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell was sacked from his job, a union said. Peter Harvey, 50, was handed a two year community order on Monday at Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted bludgeoning the boy at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher escapes prison over dumbbell attack – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him was spared a prison sentence today when he was handed a two-year community order.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CPS defends Neath teacher glue stick trial decision – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service has defended a decision to prosecute a Neath teacher after a boy accused her of hitting him with a glue stick.”
BBC News, 20th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher cleared of pupil murder bid – The Guardian
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him has been cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Porthcawl teacher jailed for child abuse video – BBC News
“A teacher who put a ‘shocking’ child sex abuse video on a memory stick was caught after it was found by his pupils at a £1,200-a-term private school.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sats boycott prompts threat of legal challenge – Daily Telegraph
“Headteachers are facing possible legal action after pressing ahead with a planned boycott of Sats tests in England.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fifth member of staff jailed for indecent relationship with pupil at sex scandal-hit school – Daily Telegraph
“A fifth member of staff at a comprehensive school involved in a scandal over sex with pupils has been jailed after he conducted an indecent relationship with a 15-year-old girl.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Schools ‘break law’ to spy on pupils – The Guardian
“Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research shows.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
