“A teacher who raped and sexually assaulted one of his pupils after abducting her from a school disco was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th April 2011
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Teacher jailed for raping pupil – The Independent
Published April 8, 2011 child abuse , news , rape , sentencing , teachers Leave a CommentTeacher jailed for sex with pupils – The Independent
Published April 6, 2011 abuse of position of trust , child abuse , indecent photographs of children , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher who dubbed himself the ‘Salford Stallion’ as he slept with three of his high school pupils was today jailed for six years.”
The Independent, 5th April 2011
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Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – WLR Daily
Published April 4, 2011 appeals , law reports , local government , pensions , teachers Leave a CommentOwens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 359; [2011] WLR (D) 120
“Where the pension entitlement of an employee seeking a teachers’ pension was being determined and the term ‘teacher’ had not been defined by the legislature the word was to be construed in accordance with its natural meaning.”
WLR Daily, 31st March 2011
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Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families v Fletcher; Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families – WLR Daily
Published April 1, 2011 EC law , fixed-term contracts , law reports , teachers , unfair dismissal Leave a Comment“It was objectively justified, under regulation 8 of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, for the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to employ teachers on a succession of fixed-term contracts for secondment to European Schools.”
WLR Daily, 30th March 2011
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Teacher loses appeal against dismissal over raunchy novel featuring pupils – The Guardian
Published March 21, 2011 appeals , news , teachers , unfair dismissal Leave a Comment“A teacher who helped pupils to read by writing them into a raunchy novel has lost her appeal against dismissal, but on a majority verdict in which she was strongly backed by the judge chairing the employment tribunal.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
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Teacher who put pupils into their own sex’n’drugs novel awaits tribunal result – The Guardian
Published February 23, 2011 news , professional conduct , teachers , unfair dismissal Leave a Comment“A much-praised teacher who persuaded difficult pupils to read by making them characters in their own, grittily realistic novel is about to find out whether an employment tribunal will allow her to relaunch her career.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
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Teacher pursues seven-year battle to return to classroom after being acquitted of sexual assault – Daily Telegraph
Published January 14, 2011 criminal records , news , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“Teacher pursues seven-year battle to return to classroom after being acquitted of sexual assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2011
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Swansea teacher sacked after taking pupils sledging – BBC News
Published January 14, 2011 dismissal , health & safety , news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher was sacked after bringing a sledge into school and allowing two pupils to ride on it, a disciplinary hearing has heard.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
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Ballet teacher sentenced for abducting boy – The Independent
Published January 10, 2011 abuse of position of trust , kidnapping , news , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“A ballet teacher who flouted a police order not to continue her inappropriate relationship with a talented and vulnerable 15-year-old boy dancer was handed a suspended jail term today.”
The Independent, 7th January 2011
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Teacher facing jail after admitting lesbian affair with pupil – Daily Telegraph
Published November 12, 2010 news , school children , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“Louise Yeoman, 29, pleaded guilty to ten charges related to a sexual relationship she conducted with 15-year-old girl at her school. The court heard that the offences took place between December 2008 and March this year while Yeoman was teaching at a secondary school in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2010
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Teacher who lost voice trying to make herself heard awarded £150,000 – The Guardian
Published November 9, 2010 compensation , health & safety , news , noise , personal injuries , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher of English whose voice was permanently damaged as she struggled to make herself heard in the classroom has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2010
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BNP members to be barred from teaching – The Guardian
Published November 2, 2010 news , political parties , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Liverpool headteacher fined over pupil’s roof fall – The Guardian
Published October 29, 2010 fines , health & safety , news , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Police ‘witch hunt’ criticised as former school master is cleared of abuse – The Independent
Published September 24, 2010 abuse of process , child abuse , compensation , news , police , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher jailed for sex with under-age girl – The Independent
Published September 13, 2010 news , school children , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Former headteacher jailed for 21 years for beatings and sex abuse of boys – The Guardian
Published September 6, 2010 assault , child abuse , indecent photographs of children , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Married teacher jailed over teenage sex charges – The Independent
Published August 27, 2010 children , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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School lab technician jailed for drugging pupil – The Independent
Published August 24, 2010 news , poisoning , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher jailed for 1970s schoolboy sex attacks – The Independent
Published August 24, 2010 news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors – WLR Daily
Published July 19, 2010 appeals , law reports , road traffic offences , teachers , Transport Tribunal , tribunals Leave a CommentHarris 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
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Teachers to be given new powers to crack down on nuisance pupils – The Guardian
Published July 7, 2010 anonymity , news , school children , stop and search , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Ex-teaching assistant jailed for child porn – The Independent
Published July 6, 2010 indecent photographs of children , news , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher sacked for sexually inappropriate comments – Daily Telegraph
Published June 28, 2010 disciplinary procedures , news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher who attacked pupil is sacked – The Independent
Published May 28, 2010 assault , dismissal , news , teachers , trade unions Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher escapes prison over dumbbell attack – Daily Telegraph
Published May 24, 2010 community service , grievous bodily harm , news , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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CPS defends Neath teacher glue stick trial decision – BBC News
Published May 20, 2010 assault , Crown Prosecution Service , news , public interest , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Teacher cleared of pupil murder bid – The Guardian
Published April 29, 2010 grievous bodily harm , murder , news , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Porthcawl teacher jailed for child abuse video – BBC News
Published April 23, 2010 child abuse , indecent photographs of children , news , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Sats boycott prompts threat of legal challenge – Daily Telegraph
Published April 22, 2010 education , industrial action , news , teachers , trade unions Leave a Comment“Headteachers are facing possible legal action after pressing ahead with a planned boycott of Sats tests in England.”
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
Published March 16, 2010 news , school children , sentencing , sexual offences prevention orders , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Schools ‘break law’ to spy on pupils – The Guardian
Published March 15, 2010 closed circuit television , news , privacy , school children , teachers Leave a Comment“Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research shows.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
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Ministers rule out ban on BNP teachers – The Guardian
Published March 12, 2010 education , inquiries , news , political parties , racism , teachers Leave a Comment“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.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2010
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Teacher jailed for abusing boys at Bay House School – BBC News
Published February 1, 2010 child abuse , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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.”
BBC News, 1st February 2010
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Sex assault head teacher David Thorley loses appeal – BBC News
Published January 29, 2010 appeals , news , sexual offences , teachers 1 Comment“A Pembrokeshire head teacher convicted of nine counts of sexually assaulting girls in his care has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
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
Published January 22, 2010 disciplinary procedures , law reports , teachers Leave a Comment“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
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Bristol teacher jailed over child abuse photos – BBC News
Published January 13, 2010 indecent photographs of children , news , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“A Bristol teacher has been jailed for 10 months after being convicted of downloading thousands of images of children being sexually abused.”
BBC News, 12th January 2010
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Duncombe and others v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Fletcher v Same – WLR Daily
Published December 17, 2009 EC law , fixed-term contracts , law reports , teachers , unfair dismissal Leave a Comment“The rule embodied in the staff regulations made by the board of governors of the European Schools, limiting to nine years the period of employment of teachers seconded by the Department of Children, Schools and Families to work in the schools, did not meet the objective justification required by Council Directive 99/70/EC and the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002.”
WLR Daily, 15th December 2009
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Teacher, 39, jailed for sex with 15-year-old pupil – The Guardian
Published November 25, 2009 children , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“A religious education teacher who admitted 10 charges of engaging a 15-year-old pupil in sexual activity has been jailed today.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
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Teacher jailed for sex with girls – BBC News
Published November 3, 2009 abuse of position of trust , news , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“A science teacher has been jailed for five years for having sex with three of his pupils in Norfolk.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2009
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Teacher jailed for sex with pupil – BBC News
Published September 21, 2009 news , school children , sentencing , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“A private school teacher who admitted having an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old pupil has been jailed for 15 months at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
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Teacher raped by boy wins damages – BBC News
Published June 23, 2009 damages , news , rape , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher who was raped by a pupil will receive an undisclosed payment from her London school in compensation for the ‘truly horrifying’ attack.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2009
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Teachers’ body won’t stop BNP working in schools – The Guardian
Published June 22, 2009 news , political parties , teachers Leave a Comment“The General Teaching Council for England is today accused by members of its governing body of failing to act to prevent British National party members from teaching in schools.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2009
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Alexis v Newham London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Published June 17, 2009 law reports , negligence , personal injuries , poisoning , school children , teachers Leave a CommentAlexis v Newham London Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1323 (QB); [2009] WLR (D) 186
“A local authority owed a duty of care to its teachers to take such precautions as were reasonable in all the circumstances to prevent or minimise the risk of injury that might occur as a result of mischievous or malicious behaviour on the part of pupils.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2009
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Teacher poisoned by pupil sues education authority for £700,000 in High Court – Daily Telegraph
Published April 28, 2009 negligence , news , poisoning , teachers Leave a Comment“Shaaira Alexis unwittingly drank blackboard cleaning fluid after the schoolgirl sneaked into her classroom and poured it into a water bottle, a court was told.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th April 2009
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Legal dispute over Sats boycott – BBC News
Published April 14, 2009 examinations , news , teachers , trade unions Leave a Comment“A proposed boycott of Sats tests by two of England’s main education unions would be unlawful, the government says.”
BBC News, 10th April 2009
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Attacked teacher’s £280k payout – BBC News
Published February 9, 2009 assault , criminal injuries compensation , news , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher who was assaulted by a pupil has been awarded £280,000 – one of the highest awards given to a teacher, it is believed.”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
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Teacher who had sex with pupils he groomed on Bebo jailed for seven years – Daily Telegraph
Published February 3, 2009 internet , news , sentencing , sexual grooming , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher who had sexual intercourse with two pupils at Bishop Bell Secondary School in Eastborne, after ‘grooming’ them on social networking website Bebo has been jailed for seven years.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2009
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‘Superhead’ is banned after giving twin sister £80,000 school post – The Times
Published January 23, 2009 news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“A headmistress made a dame after transforming a sink-estate school and then sacked amid accusations of nepotism and financial mismanagement, was yesterday banned from running another school.”
The Times, 23rd January 2009
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Manchester school ‘superhead’ faces misconduct hearing – The Guardian
Published January 21, 2009 news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“One of Labour’s first school ‘superheads’, who was made a dame for turning around a failing school in Manchester, faces charges of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ at a disciplinary hearing today.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2009
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Teacher faces ban for alleged indecent advances towards female pupils – The Times
Published December 1, 2008 news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment” A primary school teacher accused of indecent behaviour towards his pupils could be struck off the teaching register today.”
The Times, 1st December 2008
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Schoolteacher on trial for hitting hand of girl pupil – Daily Telegraph
Published December 1, 2008 corporal punishment , news , teachers Leave a Comment“A schoolteacher has gone on trial accused of hitting the hand of a girl pupil during a design and technology lesson.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2008
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Headmaster accused of misconduct for calling female staff his ‘harem’ – Daily Telegraph
Published November 28, 2008 news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“A head teacher has been hauled before a misconduct committee for allegedly calling female staff his ‘harem’ and nicknaming a school governor ‘post pants’.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008
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Slap teacher guilty of misconduct – BBC News
Published October 15, 2008 corporal punishment , news , professional conduct , teachers Leave a Comment“A teacher who slapped a pupil on her bottom and called her a ‘naughty girl’ has been found guilty of professional misconduct but can carry on teaching.”
BBC News, 15th October 2008
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Sex laws are ‘unfair to teachers’ – BBC News
Published October 6, 2008 news , sexual offences , teachers Leave a Comment“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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Teaching assistant who had affair with pupil avoids jail – Daily Telegraph
Published August 22, 2008 abuse of position of trust , news , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“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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