Asked to resign

[Mossiebonbon]

My husband works in a secondary school in pastoral care, whereby each year group is assigned a support member of staff. There are 5 Members of staff with the same role as him, he currently works with Y11.
Next year he has been assigned to work with Y8 , the year our daughter is in. My husband does not feel comfortable working with our daughters year group , potentially having to reprimand her friends for behavior or liaise with parents that he knows personally.

The head teacher has suggested he will have to resign if he doesn’t work with this year group. There is no explanation , to our knowledge, for why the other pastoral members of staff can’t swap to be with Y8. Headteacher just says she wants consistency.

AIBU to think headteacher cannot threaten my husband like this? I appreciate your comments

Thank you for your input
.. still ongoing !

Not sure what there is to be "on going".

Either he does his job, or he looks elsewhere. Or, I suppose resigns without a job but that sounds even dafter than looking elsewhere, if he likes his job where he is.

Or the HT changes their mind.

So what has happened, what advice did the the union give?

Advised it was ‘reasonable’ so unresolved

It's resolved, as it's reasonable. What makes you say it's not resolved? It's not like it's a negotiation! Your DH has the same options he's always had, do it, or resign.

@lieselotte why should a senior manager "change their mind" about expecting an employee to do the job they were employed to do ?