Category: teachers

Teachers ‘face sack’ for refusing to endorse gay marriage – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 10th, 2012 in homosexuality, marriage, news, teachers by tracey

“Schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff that wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings, it is claimed. Aidan O’Neill, a senior QC and expert on religious freedom and human rights, also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their child from lessons.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012

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Ofqual probe into GCSE grading ‘not enough’, say heads – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 28th, 2012 in examinations, inquiries, news, teachers by tracey

“An official inquiry into the GCSE grading scandal will fail to bring the  controversy to a close, head teachers leaders’ have warned.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2012

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Welsh Education Law Update – 11 KBW

Posted August 21st, 2012 in consultations, education, news, teachers, Wales by sally

“There have been many interesting developments in Welsh education law over the
last 12 months or so, and two significant changes on the horizon. This paper covers
the following subjects:-
(1) Recent school re-organisation cases
(2) Special educational needs update
(3) Article 6 and discipline of school staff
(4) School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill
(5) Consultation on changes to the special educational needs regime.”

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11 KBW, 17th August 2012

Source: www.11kbw.com

Deputy headteacher cleared of assaulting unruly pupil – The Guardian

Posted August 16th, 2012 in assault, news, teachers by sally

“A deputy headteacher has been cleared of assaulting a pupil. Royden Cope, 63, was accused of restraining the boy by his wrists and then slapping him across the face.”

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The Guardian, 16th August 2012

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Public school teacher Bruce Roth jailed for sexual abuse – BBC News

Posted July 25th, 2012 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual grooming, sexual offences, teachers by tracey

“A teacher has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing five boys at public schools in Berkshire and Kent.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

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Teacher at girls’ school banned from teaching for ‘obsession with sex’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 23rd, 2012 in complaints, dismissal, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“A teacher at an all girls’ school has been banned from classrooms after being accused of being ‘obsessed with sex’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2012

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Teacher Alan Brigden jailed for sexual abuse of pupils – BBC News

Posted July 11th, 2012 in child abuse, guilty pleas, news, sexual offences, teachers by tracey

“A former maths teacher who carried out a ‘campaign of sexual offending’ while working at two private schools has been jailed for five years.”

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BBC News, 10th July 2012

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Teacher wins pregnancy sacking case – The Independent

Posted June 7th, 2012 in employment tribunals, news, teachers, unfair dismissal by sally

“An art teacher at an independent girls’ school who was sacked after becoming pregnant has won her case of unfair dismissal.”

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The Independent, 6th June 2012

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Head teachers threaten legal action over ‘flawed’ inspector ratings – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 8th, 2012 in education, judicial review, news, teachers by sally

“Head teachers are threatening legal action over school inspection judgements they consider to be ‘flawed’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2012

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Millions paid out to teachers for classroom assaults and accidents – The Guardian

Posted April 10th, 2012 in accidents, assault, compensation, news, teachers, trade unions by sally

“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 Easter holidays.”

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The Guardian, 5th April 2012

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Susan England banned from state schools by General Teaching Council – BBC News

Posted March 30th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers, theft by tracey

“A former deputy head has been banned from state schools after stealing £13,000 from an after-school club.”

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BBC News, 29th March 2012

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Headteacher Andrew Wilkie jailed for £53k theft from school – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in abuse of position of trust, news, sentencing, teachers, theft by tracey

“A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. Andrew Wilkie, 41, admitted two charges of theft from Southdown Primary School in Buckley, Flintshire, after losing his life savings on online poker sites.”

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BBC News, 2nd March 2012

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Maths teacher made Nazi taunts to German neighbours – BBC News

Posted March 20th, 2012 in conditional discharge, harassment, news, racism, teachers by sally

“A maths teacher has been found guilty of harassing his German neighbours by playing wartime classics and performing a Nazi salute.”

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BBC News, 19th March 2012

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Department for Education v Molyneux – WLR daily

Posted March 1st, 2012 in appeals, evidence, law reports, medical records, pensions, teachers by tracey

Department for Education v Molyneux: [2012] EWCA Civ 193;  [2012] WLR (D)  50

“Regulations E33(2A) and E33(3) of the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 1997, as amended, did not impose an obligation on the Secretary of State, when considering an application by a teacher for an early pension due to ill-health, made pursuant to regulation E4(4), to request further information from the teacher where the submitted medical evidence did not disclose the incapacity to the degree required but, rather, imposed an obligation on the teacher to produce all necessary medical evidence, with the Secretary of State holding a supplementary power to exercise as he thought fit.”

WLR Daily, 28th February 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

General Teaching Council rejects Leonora Rustamova case – BBC News

Posted February 14th, 2012 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, employment tribunals, news, teachers by sally

“A teacher who was sacked after writing a racy novel about her pupils has been told she will not face a full hearing by the General Teaching Council (GTC).”

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BBC News, 13th February 2012

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Nigel Leat sex abuse: ‘Lamentable failure’ of school management – BBC News

Posted January 27th, 2012 in child abuse, news, professional conduct, sexual offences, teachers by tracey

“A teacher was able to film himself abusing young girls because of a ‘lamentable failure’ by school management, a review has found. Nigel Leat, 51, was jailed indefinitely for abusing children at Hillside First School in Weston-super-Mare.”

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BBC News, 26th January 2012

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New rules enable schools to dismiss incompetent teachers: the legal issues – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted January 18th, 2012 in dismissal, employment, news, teachers, tribunals by sally

“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 the headlines these proposals may be less far reaching in practice than they at first appear.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th January 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Ofqual to launch probe into teachers’ exam seminars – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 6th, 2012 in examinations, news, teachers by tracey

“The qualifications regulator is to launch an official investigation into exam seminars staged to help teachers improve GCSE and A-level results amid concerns the system is open to abuse.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2012

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Poor teachers ‘will slip through the net’ under reforms – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 6th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by tracey

“Hundreds of poor teachers are likely to be allowed to remain in the classroom under Government plans to scrap the profession’s official regulator, it is feared.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2012

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Gove orders inquiry into exams advice given to teachers – The Guardian

Posted December 8th, 2011 in examinations, inquiries, news, teachers by tracey

“Education secretary Michael Gove has ordered an inquiry into a claim that examiners are giving teachers advice on what questions their pupils should expect in GCSE and A-level papers.”

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The Guardian, 7th December 2011

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