Would you inform the school?

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My friend recently got into an argument with her friend. The argument started off as a conversation which quickly turned into an argument, (my friends friend accusing her of things, name calling her etc) in the end my friend was spat at. She was horrified but does not want to do anything about it. My friend’s “friend” is a teacher. AIBU to think my friend should inform the school of this behaviour? Im tempted to do so myself! Our children both attend the school she teaches at. What would you feelings be?

Doesn't seem like much hunting will be required tbf.

Its always a last resort on these threads when people resort to correct spellings and grammar, you see it time and time again when people are clutching at straws. It goes against talk guidelines btw..

By a teacher? Because that’s the point here.

I thought you weren’t coming back?!

edited as correcting typos is a no no :)

Not by a teacher, and the police are unlikely to take a person's profession into account when they decide whether or not to charge. If they do decide to charge, that is when professional standards come into play.

The school will though regardless.

if a teacher at a school I worked in spat on a parent of a child in the school - that would not be ignored.

hopefully it would go on their DBS too.

In the current case it would be in the public interest due to her role and safeguarding.

I'm not sure what happened with the fractured jaw - maybe that was peer to peer. In which case it doesn’t affect anyone else.

🙈🙈

i actually wasnt correcting a typo… I dont bother to correct typo’s as you can see 😉

I see - you can dish it out, but you really struggle to take it 🙂

I was correcting YOUR typo - then realised it's a MN no-no.
Anyways, good morning and good Monday to you - you still come across exactly as last week. Combative and not my type :D

Just to be factual.
As a pp has said, the police can request the other person attends an interview. From that it goes to the CPS who decide whether to charge, whether it's no further action, or a caution may be offered. A 'not in the public interest' outcome indicates that it's basically too expensive to bring the case to court.
A person's profession isn't taken into account at this stage, though an employer can take their own actions (ie suspend the employee pending the investigation) a DBS is only 'affected' if a person is actually charged or cautioned NOT at point of investigation.
The person reporting to the police will be kept updated BY THE POLICE in their own time scale, it is not for the employer to do so.
The fact is anyone can make an allegation against anyone and the threshold for calling a person to interview is very low. Not so with a caution or a charge. In op case she will need to stop discussing this once its been reported and let the law do it's job.

Well isn't it great that I have no interest in being your type or anyones type quite frankly, I do not live yo be peoples type 😂 what a strange thing to say, given that you have taken things as far away as possible from my OP 😂

Thank you for this

I would hope that the school would only act if this is proven beyond any doubt, not based on hearsay, and with review of the whole incident. Things can appear very different without any lies being told - these 2 incidents come to mind -

A child in my daughters class accused a teacher of pushing and grabbing them. The parent came in all guns blazing and demanded the teacher was sacked. The other children in the class were interviewed, and it turned out that the child (with additional needs) ran towards the teacher, there was some water on the floor from ? a childs water bottle, the child slipped and the teacher instinctively reached to protect them from hitting their head on a nearby table. So yes the teacher did 'grab' the child, but it was protective, and yes the child fell but they were not pushed.

In another incident, a parent went round our village saying an LSA had forcefully restrained and hit their child. The reality was this child was beating up another to point they had to go to hospital, and the LSA was restraining them to avoid them hurting another child even further, and they ended up also injured in the process.

People can share their stories in a way which isn't lying, but isn't sharing the whole truth either. In both these scenarios the parent did not lie, the teacher did grab the child (to try to stop them hurting themself) and they did restrain a child, but these were well intentioned and proportional responses.

Well of course it would have to be proven 🙄

Exactly. And this too shall be proven beyond any doubt there is no concern here regarding that.

This is a different scenario to a complaint against a teacher for an alleged action against a child. That has to follow disciplinary measures within the school.
The op has outlined a criminal allegation between two adults. Therefore, it isn't for either the OP or the person making the allegation to inform the school, this will be done by the police once the allegation is made and the other person has been interviewed with legal representation.
OP I'd politely suggest that you and you friend refrain from discussing this with other friends etc and certainly not on any social media as that would be deemed as prejudicing the case.

And it's not about proving beyond reasonable doubt. It's whether to prosecute is in the public interest, decided by the crown prosecution service.

Nah, that's not what they think. They think you're unreasonable.

says alot.

Assuming anything could even be proved
If she's let off because of no proof then there's nothing to show on a DBS check and nothing for her to be fired over