Cases & Press Reports

Joanne Lucas, an experienced and motivated drama teacher, joined John Kyrle High School in Ross-on Wye in 2015.  She worked extremely hard to improve her one-person department and single-handedly stage school productions. Coming from a trade union family,...

There was huge relief last week when a prosecution which took an agonising year to come to court resulted in the acquittal of our client after a two day trial at Newcastle Under Lyme magistrates. The Headteacher, who had a 30 year unblemished career, was accused of...

51 Interim Prohibition Orders (IPOs) were imposed by the Teaching Regulation Agency in 2018 -19.  The process is both swift and punitive but also (we think) unfair and probably unlawful.  The TRA allow only 10 days to gather your evidence and submit your response. ...

As our clients know, teacher regulation is often a slow process. The TRA have been working on an update to their procedural rules for around 3 years. They finally published them on 16 May 2020 and they can be read here. We have been involved in the consultations...

The press report into this case is here: Hertfordshire teachers win tribunal after being sacked for unexpectedly high SATS results We should immediately make clear that this great result at Employment Tribunal was not our work, but this case does illustrate how...

Teachers prosecuted by the Teaching Regulation Agency have their cases sifted to see of there is a case to answer.  This happens at a “Determination Meeting” where non-lawyer civil servants examine the papers and decide whether the allegations are both serious and...

Recently a long-running case come to a successful conclusion. It illustrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the regulatory system.  Our client had, for whatever reason, fallen out of favour with his employer. As is often the case in such situations the...

A teacher who tapped a pupil's bottom with rolled-up papers, told her she had "enormous" breasts, said he was "distracted" by her short skirt and missed her 'magic fingers' can stay in profession. Read more here

The Teaching Regulation Agency has drawn up a “witness charter” to protect teachers who give evidence in misconduct hearings. Read more here:

A Headteacher who went through a misconduct hearing into an affair with a former pupil in the 1990s is to return to work at a York school. City of York Council said John Tomsett will start a phased return to the role of headteacher at Huntington School on January 7,...