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[Crew]

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Wow.
Outrageous that the teacher seems to have been blamed for teaching a pre-prepared worksheet
and
I am surprised that yr 9s, which as I understand it could include 13 year olds, are asked to deal with this kind of material, and as someone who has often done projects as a visitor in a school I would avoid material dealing with sexual abuse with a group I did not know. I can well imagine that some young girls would find it hard to handle such stuff. And I am surprised that the writer of the blog, as a supply teacher, wasn't more sensitive to the fact that the material is not merely 'sleazy' but potentially disturbing to some very vulnerable pupils if dropped unnannounced into a lesson. Imagine being a 13 year old child at school, living with a sexually abusive stepfther and suddenly being asked to do a comprehension excercise about a girl like you being described as a tart.
I see the writer is a male teacher.

Truly - as a project worker in a school I would not touch this stuff and would have left material about sexual abuse to the regular teacher.

Is this your blog, Crew?

You have to bear in mind that a Supply teacher (or a cover supervisor who might not even read the worksheet) depends of what the classroom teacher leaves. It's a matter of professional trust. If that's what's on the scheme of work you have to assume it's been thought through.

As I understand it, a parent went to the police. The school denied any knowledge of the worksheet. As a result there is 'additional information' on the CRB.

When a minor is involved the person named on the CRB is not allowed to know of the 'additional information' in case they approach the child. In this case the complaint is not really against the child because the parent acted as they thought was right.

I would have thought the supply teacher (are they in a union?) could have sought legal advice. PCs, photocopiers etc all have a hard drive which could be interrogated to see if they offensive materials were actually produced at the school or not.

The union is asked to support two accused teachers. One has the support of the head of department and the headteacher, the other is a supply teacher...