Head Teachers will now have more power to discipline staff
Recently updated schools guidance will make it easier for Head Teachers to discipline staff for “inappropriate” behaviour outside the school context.
The Department for Education has published revised guidance for employers on staffing and employment in schools. In the main, the changes are just to update the document, but there is one important substantive change that has caused something of a stir.
The updated section provides that “all staff have a responsibility to ensure that they act appropriately in terms of their behaviour, the views they express (in particular political views) and the use of school resources at all times, and should not use school resources for party political purposes.”
Read the full analysis by Graham Burns, Partner, Stone King LLP here.
You can read the full Government guidance here.