Head teacher wins £100,000 over sacking for 'assault' by tapping toddler's hand

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Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne used two fingers to get her three-year-old son’s attention.

Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne was the head of Northwold Primary School in Hackney, which is run by the Arbor Academy Trust A primary school head teacher sacked for ‘assault’ after tapping her toddler’s hand while he played with a bottle of hand sanitiser has been awarded more than £100,000. Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne used two fingers to get her three-year-old son’s attention while trying to stop him fiddling with the hand gel in her office at an east London primary school.

‘It was with the knowledge of that earlier experience that she wanted to speak to him again to ensure that he understood that hand sanitiser was not a toy that he should be playing with,’ the judge said. The safeguarding lead accused her of hurting her child and compared the incident to a form of corporal punishment. Ms Malabver-Goulbourne defended herself by claiming that her actions were designed to get her son’s attention and not to hurt him.

 

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