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Originally Posted by Josy (Post 7958822)

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If the male teachers are being distracted by underage girls in skirts then they should NOT be male teachers in the first place.

A bit off topic but when we were at school we had a really strict uniform policy and the girls had to wear a skirt no matter what, no trouser whatsoever, in the cold weather I used to wear black leggins under mines (it was really freezing) and every day without fail they would haul me to the front office and call my mum, and every time she would reply 'I know it's breaking the uniform policy but I told her to do it, my daughter isn't going to freeze all day because of your silly rules' :laugh:

haha that sounds like me, I used to wear black jeans when the weather was bad and I got in trouble everytime but it used to piss me off so much how we had to wear skirts but the boys could wear trousers. thankfully pretty much all schools here now give girls a choice between wearing a skirt or trousers

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 7958826)

Yeah the school I went to ended up changing their uniform policy (typically after I left) and the girls can now wear grey trousers.

We were only ever allowed to wear grey skirts or the summer dresses.

I went to England's oldest Catholic school (St Edmunds College) there was a teacher who had relationships with girls the year I joined (2012) it was all in the news (Daily Mail, Mirror, etc.)

He got arrested!

All our male teachers are so sexiest, there so nice to girls, give them drinks etc.

Some of the teachers are now going out with students that have left!!!!!

Daily Mirror Article"REXParents freaked out when they were told that their children were missing from schoolWrithing: A teacher was banned from classrooms after found kissing a teenage on the floor

A teacher caught kissing a pupil and fondling her breast through her clothing has been banned from the classroom for life.

James Mullen, 25, who was a part-time history teacher and boarding tutor, was spotted writhing on the floor of the music room with the 16-year-old girl.

The member of staff who saw the antics reported him to the head teacher at the school, where he had only been recruited as a £24,000-a-year teacher five months earlier.

The pair had kissed on Valentine's Day last year, a professional conduct panel was told.

They had then embarked upon a close relationship which was finally exposed when they kissed on the floor 12 days later on February 26.

Mr Mullen, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, had previously been warned by other teachers about his behaviour with pupils at St Edmund's College, an independent school in Ware, Herts.

He had been seen sharing pizzas with pupils and watching DVDs with them on school premises.

His relationship led him to be convicted at St Albans Crown Court in July last year of three charges of sexual activity with a child aged between 13 and 17 while in a position of trust.

He was sent to prison for eight months, the panel, run by the National College for Teaching and Leadership, was told.

Panel chairman Luke Graham said: "There is a strong public interest consideration in respect of the protection of pupils given the seriousness of the actions which led to three convictions of sexual activity - that is, kissing and touching a pupil aged between 13 and 17 years of age.

"The panel considers that public confidence in the profession could be significantly weakened if conduct such as that found against Mr Mullen were not treated with the utmost seriousness when regulating the conduct of the profession.

"Mr Mullen's conduct was far removed from what could be reasonably accepted from a teacher."

The hearing was told, although he had only been teaching for five months, he had received child protection training and knew of the school's safeguarding procedures.

Paul Heathcote, acting on behalf of Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, said the teacher should be banned from the profession indefinitely.

Mr Mullen was given 28 days in which to appeal against the decision at the High Court."

"said the teacher should be banned from the profession indefinitely."

yes on that Case I agree

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Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7955252)

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Even if it wasn't male teachers, surely it would be stupid also to blame the girls for the boys getting distracted? Also how heteronormative to assume every male teacher is straight lmao

95% are so that is fine to assume that

maybe not that one who runs the drama club and likes show tunes :ninja2:

some of the skirts i see would put a belt to shame

Don't let the head of this school watch 'home and away' she'd have a fit :idc:

When will Ties be banned from Schools then? Only girls seem to like them.

But seriously the DM are acting like most teen boys agreed with the decision, as if.:joker:

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Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7955252)

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Even if it wasn't male teachers, surely it would be stupid also to blame the girls for the boys getting distracted? Also how heteronormative to assume every male teacher is straight lmao

Tell them rugby players to cover up their legs and stop giving the gay games teacher a stiffy! :fist:

Great way to increase trust in male teachers:facepalm:

There was nothing wrong with St Trinians :fist:

...I agree that schools are not a place of 'fashion'/trend etc, which puts too much pressure and focus on students to 'look cool' which is distracting for them as well but it would be nice to think that the same 1inch above the knee policy also applied for shorts/guys...I couldn't see their full uniform policy online though...

That Headteacher needs sacking for saying that. If i was a male teacher in her School i would have her head on a platter for even suggesting that i would be absolutely livid.
I agree completely with the fact that they have to enforce that the students dress respectfully but the reasoning she has claimed there is disgraceful and disrespectful beyond belief.

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Originally Posted by Kazanne (Post 7955382)

What does this say about our male teachers?

Nothing at all it says a lot about the intelligence of the Head Teacher though.

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Originally Posted by bobnot (Post 7970300)

....hmmm, I think it's unfortunate that the whole article is focused on male teachers specifically but I do wonder if that's just the slant put on it by the DM and not by the headmistress herself..?...only because I've personally known similar things in newspaper articles where what has been said has been slanted...but I do see the 'distraction' of all teachers taking up lesson time in discussing uniform policy when it it hasn't been or is constantly not followed...maybe the DM latched on to this one male teacher's complaint and took the whole 'male teacher' stance which of course would be a much more 'sensational headline' thing..?...I don't know Bob obviously, I'm just always a bit sceptical of judging stuff like this from media portrayal...

The new rules were introduced after a male teacher complained to the headmistress after being put in an awkward position when he told a pupil her skirt was too short.

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 7970305)

You are right Ammi on re-reading that it does seem that the DM have twisted the facts.
After a little dig It does appear that the whole thing started when the Head teacher appeared on ITV for an interview on This Morning because she wants to ban girls from wearing skirts in her school and she mentioned male teachers being distracted which was really naive at the very least. The media ran with it from her TV appearance.
Not the wisest move on her part but the DM did twist her words.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/h...school-5994173

'She explained she decided to take the extreme measure after growing tired of girls wearing skirts that "barley covered their bottoms".

“It’s not pleasant for male members of staff and students either, the girls have to walk up stairs and sit down and it’s a complete distraction," Dr Blencowe added.'

She more or less says the same thing in the Mirror article too :/