Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne was sacked from her job as head teacher at Northwold Primary School in 2022A head teacher sacked from an east London primary school for assault after tapping her son's hand was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Agreeing with the head teacher's version of events and upholding her claim of unfair dismissal, an employment judge ruled her actions could not be considered "unnecessary physical contact". Ms Malabver-Goulbourne had been trying to stop her son from playing with the bottle of hand sanitiser after he squirted some of the liquid on the floor, the tribunal was told.After watching the interaction, Ms Bhagwandas told the head teacher she should "not have hurt her son".
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