The Facts A primary school teaching assistant was alleged to have made abusive, derogatory and racist comments about a pupil’s behaviour and the pupil’s mother and stepfather’s relationship at public gathering. The allegations also amounted to a potentially serious breach of the local authority’s child protection procedures which, if proven, could have led to a…
The Case The working relationship between a primary school headteacher and teaching assistant, which had been strained for several years, had finally broken down resulting in disciplinary action being taken against the teaching assistant for poor professional behaviour. The alleged behaviour included rudeness to the teaching assistant’s colleagues and senior managers and refusing to speak…
Local mediation* can be a powerful tool for resolving disputes between employers and employees swiftly and cheaply. Mediation can be introduced, and can help, at any stage of a dispute between employee and employer, either alongside internal dispute procedures or as a separate standalone process. Local mediation can also take place before or after any employment…
The changing educational landscape together with the impact of local government cuts on local authority provision call for a for a fresh approach to employment law services to schools and academies PART 1/2 Despite having had the freedom to outsource to the private sector for more than two decades, most maintained schools have been…
