Stand up for Teachers
Time to stand up for teachers
Aggressive pupils and parents who assault teachers could face tougher penalties - including custodial sentences - under a new Conservative Government.Shadow Education Secretary Tim Collins has signalled that serious studies are taking place which could result in the law being strengthened so that anyone who assaults a teacher faces the same punishment as the person who attacks a police officer.
He declared during a speech to the NAS/UWT conference in Brighton: "We are giving detailed consideration to a further step which might make it clear that attacks on teachers, from whatever quarter, will simply not be tolerated.
We are examining the possibility of legislating to provide that assaulting a teacher, like assaulting a police officer, should in and of itself be a more serious offence."Mr Collins said the Conservatives would consult widely on the idea, before deciding whether or not to include measures in a new Teacher Protection Bill. "But I want there to be no doubt of the firmness of our commitment to protecting teachers.
You shape lives. You should never be in fear of your own," he said. He added: "Zero tolerance is not about warm words or protecting teachers some of the time, it is about making offenders pay and protecting teachers all of the time. It doesn't matter whether any of us thinks assaults on teachers are the fault of the child, the parent, society, or past or present Governments. What matters is that the behaviour itself is wholly unacceptable and teachers have an absolute, unequivocal, unshakable right to be protected."
Mr Collins signalled that a Teacher Protection Act would be the first piece of education legislation introduced by an incoming Conservative government. This would scrap independent appeals panels, "addressing one of the great injustices of our society today - the way in which a good teacher's entire personal and professional life can be ruined by a single spiteful or ignorant false allegation of abuse".
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Aggressive pupils and parents who assault teachers could face tougher penalties - including custodial sentences - under a new Conservative Government.Shadow Education Secretary Tim Collins has signalled that serious studies are taking place which could result in the law being strengthened so that anyone who assaults a teacher faces the same punishment as the person who attacks a police officer.
He declared during a speech to the NAS/UWT conference in Brighton: "We are giving detailed consideration to a further step which might make it clear that attacks on teachers, from whatever quarter, will simply not be tolerated.
We are examining the possibility of legislating to provide that assaulting a teacher, like assaulting a police officer, should in and of itself be a more serious offence."Mr Collins said the Conservatives would consult widely on the idea, before deciding whether or not to include measures in a new Teacher Protection Bill. "But I want there to be no doubt of the firmness of our commitment to protecting teachers.
You shape lives. You should never be in fear of your own," he said. He added: "Zero tolerance is not about warm words or protecting teachers some of the time, it is about making offenders pay and protecting teachers all of the time. It doesn't matter whether any of us thinks assaults on teachers are the fault of the child, the parent, society, or past or present Governments. What matters is that the behaviour itself is wholly unacceptable and teachers have an absolute, unequivocal, unshakable right to be protected."
Mr Collins signalled that a Teacher Protection Act would be the first piece of education legislation introduced by an incoming Conservative government. This would scrap independent appeals panels, "addressing one of the great injustices of our society today - the way in which a good teacher's entire personal and professional life can be ruined by a single spiteful or ignorant false allegation of abuse".
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