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.”

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The Guardian, 6th September 2010

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Married teacher jailed over teenage sex charges – The Independent

Posted August 27th, 2010 in children, news, sentencing, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A married teacher who had sexual relationships with three teenage girls was jailed today for nearly seven years, court officials said.”

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The Independent, 27th August 2010

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School lab technician jailed for drugging pupil – The Independent

Posted August 24th, 2010 in news, poisoning, sentencing, teachers by sally

“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.”

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The Independent, 24th August 2010

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Teacher jailed for 1970s schoolboy sex attacks – The Independent

Posted August 24th, 2010 in news, sentencing, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A teacher who sexually abused two teenage schoolboys in the 1970s was jailed for three and a half years today. ”

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The Independent, 24th August 2010

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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

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Teachers to be given new powers to crack down on nuisance pupils – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2010 in anonymity, news, school children, stop and search, teachers by sally

“Teachers will get tougher powers to deal with unruly pupils in a ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on nuisance in the classroom, ministers will announce today.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2010

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Ex-teaching assistant jailed for child porn – The Independent

Posted July 6th, 2010 in indecent photographs of children, news, sentencing, teachers by sally

“A former teaching assistant caught with more than 21,000 indecent images of children was jailed for nearly eight years today.”

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The Independent, 5th July 2010

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Teacher sacked for sexually inappropriate comments – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 28th, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by sally

“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010

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Teacher who attacked pupil is sacked – The Independent

Posted May 28th, 2010 in assault, dismissal, news, teachers, trade unions by sally

“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.”

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The Independent, 27th May 2010

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Teacher escapes prison over dumbbell attack – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 24th, 2010 in community service, grievous bodily harm, news, teachers by sally

“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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010

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CPS defends Neath teacher glue stick trial decision – BBC News

Posted May 20th, 2010 in assault, Crown Prosecution Service, news, public interest, teachers by sally

“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.”

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BBC News, 20th May 2010

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Teacher cleared of pupil murder bid – The Guardian

Posted April 29th, 2010 in grievous bodily harm, murder, news, teachers by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 29th April 2010

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Porthcawl teacher jailed for child abuse video – BBC News

Posted April 23rd, 2010 in child abuse, indecent photographs of children, news, sentencing, teachers by sally

“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.”

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BBC News,  23rd April 2010

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Sats boycott prompts threat of legal challenge – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 22nd, 2010 in education, industrial action, news, teachers, trade unions by sally

“Headteachers are facing possible legal action after pressing ahead with a planned boycott of Sats tests in England.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2010

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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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2010

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Schools ‘break law’ to spy on pupils – The Guardian

Posted March 15th, 2010 in closed circuit television, news, privacy, school children, teachers by sally

“Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research shows.”

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The Guardian, 15th March 2010

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Ministers rule out ban on BNP teachers – The Guardian

Posted March 12th, 2010 in education, inquiries, news, political parties, racism, teachers by sally

“Ministers have ruled out banning members of the British National party from the teaching profession, after an independent inquiry into racism in schools decided such a move would be disproportionate. The issue of whether those who belong to racist organisations should be prevented from teaching – as they are from working as police or prison officers – will be reviewed annually.”

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The Guardian, 12th March 2010

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Teacher jailed for abusing boys at Bay House School – BBC News

Posted February 1st, 2010 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A 58-year-old teacher has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing teenage boys at a Hampshire school over more than 30 years.”

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BBC News, 1st February 2010

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Sex assault head teacher David Thorley loses appeal – BBC News

Posted January 29th, 2010 in appeals, news, sexual offences, teachers by sally

“A Pembrokeshire head teacher convicted of nine counts of sexually assaulting girls in his care has lost an appeal against his conviction.”

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BBC News, 28th January 2010

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R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, law reports, teachers by sally

R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1; [2010] WLR (D) 4

“Where an individual was subject to two or more sets of proceedings, or phases of a single proceeding, and a civil right or obligation enjoyed or owed by him would be determined in one of them, he could (but not necessarily would), by force of art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, enjoy appropriate procedural rights in relation to another of them if its outcome would have a substantial influence or effect on the determination of the civil right or obligation. Accordingly, disciplinary proceedings which could lead to a teacher being statutorily barred from working with children were determinant of an individual’s right to practice his profession and art 6 was engaged by those proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 21st January 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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