‘Herefordshire academy conspired to sack drama teacher for her union activities.’
The Guardian, 10th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Claimant had been employed by the respondents for 20 years as a teacher. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property having been granted a warrant to search for and seize computers in the possession of the Claimant. The warrant was based on intelligence that indecent images of a child or children had been downloaded to an IP address associated with the Claimant. The Claimant lived at the address with his son. One of the computers was found to have data that was of interest to the Police.’
3PB, 2nd October 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The Claimant had been employed by the respondents for 20 years as a teacher. On 30th December 2016 the Police entered his property having been granted a warrant to search for and seize computers in the possession of the Claimant. The warrant was based on intelligence that indecent images of a child or children had been downloaded to an IP address associated with the Claimant. The Claimant lived at the address with his son. One of the computers was found to have data that was of interest to the Police.’
3PB, 2nd October 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘A teacher who spoke out about alleged “overgrading” of pupils’ work has been cleared of snooping on her colleagues’ emails.’
BBC News, 29th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A jury at Aylesbury Crown Court found her guilty of two sex offence charges relating to the topless pictures and a video, but they have not yet reached verdicts on three more serious charges of causing or inciting a child aged under 16 to engage in a sexual act.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man sexually abused as a schoolboy has been awarded more than £1m from his teacher’s employer.’
BBC News, 11th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 18 March 2020, the UK Government cancelled GCSE and A level exams for students in England. The closure of schools and the need to slow the spread of COVID-19 made exams impracticable. But the Prime Minister confirmed that students would still get ‘the qualifications they need and deserve for their academic career.’ This created an obvious headache for public administration: the objective was to create a legitimate system of assessment, which could maintain confidence, without actual assessments.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 28th July 2020
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The appellant was the head teacher of a primary school in the West Midlands. She was dismissed from her post in July 2011 following disciplinary proceedings which arose in consequence of her failure to disclose the fact of her personal relationship with a man who had been convicted of offences involving the making and possessing of indecent images of children.’
Park Square Barristers, 15th May 2020
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘Up to 1,500 primary schools in England are expected to remain closed on 1 June after a rebellion by at least 18 councils forced the government to say it had no plans to sanction them.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This decision exemplifies the stricter approach the courts are now taking in disciplinary cases where the regulated person fails to attend a hearing.’
Blackstone Chambers, 13th May 2020
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘Teachers can legally refuse to return when schools reopen unless they get the same protections against coronavirus as other frontline staff, one of the UK’s leading teaching unions has warned.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A supply teacher has been jailed for eight and a half years for sexually assaulting six girls at a primary school in North Yorkshire, two years after similar allegations were dropped.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A newly-qualified teacher who admitted making a “stupid comment” about a pupil’s vagina has been banned from the profession.’
BBC News, 6th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A deputy headteacher who raped a 14-year-old boy and kept indecent images of children on his phone has blamed his heavy workload for turning him into a sexual predator.’
The Independent, 4th February 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has given an important decision on governmental powers to supplement statutory procedures with non-statutory guidance and directions.’
Blackstone Chambers, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘A primary school headteacher who was sacked after having sex with two 17-year-old boys he met through a gay dating app has been awarded nearly £700,000 compensation by a tribunal.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new report has called for reform of the process by which schools permanently exclude students after suggesting that school teachers have an inconsistent understanding of their Equality Act duties and that Independent Review Panels (IRPs) lack the power to remedy unlawful exclusions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A “touchy feely” teacher has been banned from teaching.’
BBC News, 8th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) could and should have extradited a paedophile music teacher suspected of grooming and sexually abusing a string of girls at a school in Manchester, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has heard.’
The Guardian, 30th September 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teacher who drunkenly hugged, kissed and danced “inappropriately” with Year 11 students at a school prom has been banned from the classroom.’
The Independent, 11th September 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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