Sex laws are ‘unfair to teachers’ – BBC News
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2008
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Category: teachers
Teaching assistant who had affair with pupil avoids jail – Daily Telegraph
“A married teaching assistant who sent a teenage pupil racy texts and photographs has escaped a jail sentence because their affair stopped short of sex.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2008
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Teachers fear hidden CCTV cameras in schools – Daily Telegraph
“Almost a quarter of teachers are worried about ‘hidden’ surveillance cameras in their schools, according to research published by a teachers union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2008
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Headteacher Vanessa Aldridge barred from school for working too hard – Daily Telegraph
“A devoted headteacher was suspended from her rural primary school for working too hard – only eight days before she was due to retire.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2008
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Teacher jailed for rape of girl – BBC News
“A former Derby supply teacher has been jailed for at least seven years for raping a five-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 24th June 2008
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Head teacher ‘force-fed children’ – BBC News
“A nursery school head who force-fed children, dragged them along corridors and left them in soiled underwear has been banned from working as a teacher.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
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Victory for teacher sacked after race taunts and sexual harassment – The Times
“A teacher who was called a ‘bloody immigrant’ and a ‘nigger’ by pupils and advised by a colleague to go to work in a ‘more ethnically diverse school’ if she wanted promotion, has won her case for unfair dismissal.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
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Teacher is cleared of assault – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher accused of assaulting a disruptive pupil wept as an appeal court quashed his conviction.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2007
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Veteran teacher facing a life ban over his “failure” to control pupils – The Times
“A teacher is facing a lifetime ban for failing to keep his class in order.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
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Teacher beaten by pupil clears name – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher dragged through court and suspended from his job after being attacked by a teenage pupil with a ‘propensity for violence’ has cleared his name.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2007
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‘Slap’ teacher’s sacking unfair – BBC News
“A teacher who was unfairly sacked after his daughter said he kicked and punched her in a row at home could be awarded thousands of pounds in compensation.”
BBC News, 3rd October 2007
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School cannot sack head in ‘gay marriage’ – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers have told the Roman Catholic Church that it cannot sack a Catholic headmaster who has entered a civil partnership with a male teacher.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2007
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Head warning after guilty verdict – BBC News
“A head teacher found guilty of a health and safety breach after a boy fell and later died has said the case could have “profound implications” for teachers.”
BBC News, 1st August 2007
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Chucklevision row teacher cleared – BBC News
“A supply teacher has been cleared of hitting a 13-year-old boy who teased him about looking like a character from the Chuckle Brothers’ TV show.”
BBC News, 19th July 2007
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Teacher suspended for secretly filming disruptive pupils for TV- The Times
“A supply teacher who secretly filmed pupils fighting, swearing at her and disrupting classes for a television documentary was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct yesterday and suspended from teaching for a year.”
The Times, 5th July 2007
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Teachers reluctant to frisk pupils for knives – Daily Telegraph
“Teachers gave warning last night that they would not be prepared to use new legal powers to search pupils for weapons without their consent because of the risks involved.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2007
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Teachers are treated unfairly in this culture of allegations, says Falconer – The Times
“Teachers accused of abuse of pupils should be guaranteed anonymity while the allegations are investigated, the Lord Chancellor said yesterday.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
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Teacher whose spy camera showed class misbehaviour faces tribunal – The Times
“A supply teacher who covertly filmed her pupils swearing, fighting and attempting to access pornography on the internet was misusing her professional position, a tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 24th April 2007
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