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When Teachers Behave Badly


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John Dabell

I trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting my career in London and then I taught in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, I worked as an Ofsted inspector (no hate mail please!), national in-service provider, project...
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When teachers behave badly it makes local or national news, and bringing the profession into disrepute is not something you want on your CV. There is a self-assessment at the end of this post...

A recent survey revealed that teachers are highly thought of by the public at large. This is wonderful news. According to the Ipsos MORI Veracity Index 2018, teachers are the third most trusted profession in the UK with nurses taking top spot followed by doctors. Yet, there are teachers who threaten to plunge us to

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Posted in Basic Account, Behaviour, Department for Education, Leadership (Senior)Tagged Barrett, Behaviour, British Values, Bullying, code of conduct, David E, ethics, integrity, IPSOS, Ipsos MORI, Misconduct, professional standards, Professionalism, public interest, Safeguarding, Sir Robert Francis QC, Teachers' Standards, Trust, Twitter, violations, Whistleblowing

5 thoughts on “When Teachers Behave Badly”

  1. proskovia twinamatsko says:
    30th January 2020 at 11:24 am

    teachers should not say derogatory comments on other schools

  2. Shelly Rains says:
    16th March 2021 at 3:06 am

    My children’s teacher has been cancelling lessons just before they are about to begin. It’s put us in a difficult spot as we have to travel about 30-45 mins by car to get to the school. Yesterday was the third time it happened. When I spoke to my children about informing the school they are afraid that the teacher would make their lessons awkward if she knew that they complained about her. I don’t know how to go about this matter. Can anyone help me?

    1. @TeacherToolkit says:
      17th March 2021 at 1:27 pm

      Cancelling online during the pandemic, or physically?

  3. Jamie Khan says:
    26th March 2021 at 10:02 am

    My child’s teacher lied about his behaviour. I was told that he’d physically assaulted a member of staff. The member of staff concerned, interjected to clarify what actually happened. Which turned out to be a minor accident.

  4. CLM says:
    15th May 2021 at 12:41 pm

    It shows how difficult this can be without taking into account the full context and specific policies of the school. I regularly work over the summer in language camps and children have English as a second language. Students there address me by my first name or miss in front of my first name. I also use preplanned lessons if they are appropriate but do tweak them where necessary as well as having some lessons provided to me.

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