Anne Jago

Teachers should be free to speak to protect their pupils from harm without fear of disciplinary action. I was found guilty of misconduct for blowing the whistle

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Only a Department for Education civil servant could look at this and say it was "reasonable" for me to be found guilty of misconduct for NOT inviting Hackney Social Services to alter my risk assessment

Do you agree @bphillipsonMP ? @SusanAclandHood ? @Vicky_Salt94 ?

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@tombennett71 @JoshMacAlister I was the leader of a residential visit to Bowles Outdoor Centre. Tom, a pupil on my list for the visit, had 30 hours of support for his violence. My head and Tom's foster carer didn't declare this on his consent form

I sent @JoshMacAlister a copy of the form to his home

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@tombennett71 This wasn't a good appointment @JoshMacAlister has ignored the evidence that my head and a foster carer conspired to leave pupils in danger in an unsupervised dormitory

Josh knows I shouldn't have been found guilty of misconduct for "blowing the whistle" on their negligence

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@JoshMacAlister @andyburnham @LucyMPowell Why haven't you already ensured that @educationgovuk civil servants know that pupil safety comes before staff discipline?

For 20 years they have said it was reasonable for me to have been disciplined for blowing the whistle on my head's plan to leave pupils in grave danger

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

I was found guilty of misconduct because Hackney complained about me sharing information to keep my pupils safe

Hackney's director was Mary Richardson, the disgraced head of Haringey when Victoria Climbie was murdered

Mary had moved to Hackney to avoid disciplinary action

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@bphillipsonMP @SusanAclandHood @educationgovuk Ann explained the inequity of @Kent_cc finding me guilty of misconduct for showing Bowles Outdoor Centre my risk assessment

Kent knew I would have been in jeopardy, in the event of an accident to a child, if I hadn't done this

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Ann Widdecombe was a wonderful support to me when I was at my lowest ebb. She wasn't my MP, but she wrote the following to @Kent_cc on my behalf:

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Michael Fallon MP and Adam Holloway MP with the Parent's Petition, in 2006. The DfE said on television that they took it very seriously indeed

The next morning they put it in the bin, the parents were never given a response

@educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP @drlsullivan

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@andyburnham I'm sad that Children's Minister @JoshMacAlister ignores the lessons to be learned from the Glenridding Beck Tragedy

Patterdale, his mountain rescue team, assisted with this rescue

@bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk @Team_BMC

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@bphillipsonMP @SusanAclandHood @educationgovuk my head teacher said this warning wasn't relevant because the incident occurred outside school

My Bowles trip was outside school!

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

The Glenridding Beck Tragedy was 4 weeks before my trip; the leader was jailed for manslaughter for ignoring warnings

@bphillipsonMP my head wanted me to ignore these warnings and leave pupils in danger in an unsupervised dormitory with Tom

I was disciplined because I didn't

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

@alan_books this petition to YOU was reported on BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme

Did you, or did @educationgovuk civil servants decide to ignore it, and put it in the bin

Sir David Bell was your Permanent Secretary at this time

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

In 2018, the DfE website said fears about sharing information mustn't stand in the way of the need to protect children

In 2018, Bev Smith told the Schools Minister I was disciplined for sharing the information in my risk assessment, without first discussing it with my head

????

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

I was found guilty of misconduct because Hackney complained about me sharing information to keep my pupils safe

Hackney's director was Mary Richardson, the disgraced head of Haringey when Victoria Climbie was murdered

Mary had moved to Hackney to avoid disciplinary action

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

I was disciplined for sharing information to protect my pupils from harm

The 2018 review of my case by @educationgovuk said this was reasonable

@bphillipsonMP the review ignored @Kent_cc's 2002 risk assessment directive & the statutory guidance to information sharing

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Dear @NickGibbUK did you, or did your @educationgovuk civil servants decide to ignore this request from my school governors?

They said the disciplinary decision against me was unreasonable & asked you to direct @Kent_cc to overturn it, withdraw the reprimand and issue an apology

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

In 2018, the DfE website said fears about sharing information mustn't stand in the way of the need to protect children

In 2018, Bev Smith told the Schools Minister I was disciplined for sharing the information in my risk assessment, without first discussing it with my head

????

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Only a Department for Education civil servant could look at this and say it was "reasonable" for me to be found guilty of misconduct for NOT inviting Hackney Social Services to alter my risk assessment

Do you agree @bphillipsonMP ? @SusanAclandHood ? @Vicky_Salt94 ?

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

CATCH-22, I was disciplined for "blowing the whistle" on my head's plan for Tom to stay in an unsupervised dormitory, without his support

If I had done as my head intended & allowed Tom to stay in an unsupervised dormitory, I would still have been liable to disciplinary action:

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

Kent's PE Advisor said Tom must NOT be resident if he couldn't receive his support at night

My head said Tom MUST be resident, even though he couldn't receive his support at night

@bphillipsonMP I was found guilty of misconduct for following the guidance of Kent's PE Advisor

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

I was the leader of a residential visit to an activity centre. Tom, a violent pupil on my list for the visit, had an SEN Statement which gave him 30 hrs of support

My head wanted him to share an unsupervised dormitory with other children

Kent's PE Advisor gave me this advice:

[Anne Jago @AnneJago]

I gave this note to my head. She ignored it and continued to insist Tom should stay in an unsupervised dormitory, putting all the pupils in that dormitory at risk

@bphillipsonMP says it was "reasonable" for me to be disciplined for "blowing the whistle" to protect these pupils