The attack was so severe that it left him with a severe psychological trauma that resulted in him being dismembered twice under the Mental Health Act for his own safety, according to his union, NASUWT. Since then he has not been able to return to class and medical experts say it is unlikely he will work again as a teacher, hence the size of the settlement which is considered a record in a case of this kind. The teacher worked for a chain of academies whose insurers would pay the bill. The incident happened in January 2017 while the teacher was attending a science class at an unidentified academy in the capital. “After a previous incident, the student was suspended for three days and I was assured that they would no longer participate in my classes,” the teacher said in a statement about the attack, which was posted on NASUWT. However, when the student returned to school, he showed up at class. “When I saw him at the beginning of the lesson, I said he should not be there and I asked him to leave and he went out and closed the door,” said the teacher, who asked not to be named. “Then I had my back to the door and I did not realize that he would return to the room. The rest is a bit blurry as he attacked me again. Worse, the school knew this student was a danger. “It was not the first time he was violent – he was violent both with other children and with teachers.” The teacher suffered physical and psychological injuries as a result of the career-ending attack, including a head injury, tinnitus, hearing loss, bruising, back and ankle injuries, as well as PTSD and severe depressive disorder. The 8 850,000 bodily injury award was part of U 15 million owed by NASUWT for its members last year in a number of cases, including unfair dismissals, discrimination, intimidation, trade union damage and health and safety. Details of the case and the settlement reached were revealed Thursday, the eve of the NASUWT National Conference in Birmingham over the Easter weekend. In one particular case, a Welsh theater teacher was rewarded with almost .000 80,000 after she was fired from her job after experiencing life-threatening asthma after renovating her classroom in 2013. There were some post-renovation problems with mold in classroom walls and a crack in the floor. The teacher began to suffer from persistent headaches, rhinitis, cough and wheezing while teaching and eventually had an asthma attack at school and was transported by ambulance to the hospital where she was diagnosed with late-onset asthma, which was probably caused by her working conditions. . NASUWT has succeeded in filing claims for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. Dr Patrick Roach, Secretary-General of NASUWT, stated: and bodily injuries to individuals. . “The money awarded can not compensate for the emotional, physical and mental discomfort experienced by members and the fact that, for some, their experiences can not continue to work in teaching.” He said these cases are likely to be the tip of the iceberg. “There is no doubt that many other teachers would have been expelled from the profession without proper redress for misconduct, discrimination or unfair treatment because they were too scared to show up or thought nothing could be done.”
