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Currently numerous teachers are being driven out of the profession by systematic bullying in the workplace. Many of these these situations go unreported or are concealed by sick leave, gardening leave or staff leaving the profession to seek employment elsewhere. The profession can ill afford to lose high skilled teachers it has invested heavily in. Every workplace has a duty of care to its staff but this seems to be the last thing that many heads think about as they ensure that the school runs effectively. It is in the best interests of all stakeholders that staff feel supported and work in an environment that is supportive not oppressive. A happy employee is an effective one; it is a sad state of affairs that this fact has been lost in many schools. It is never to late too do something, but unless this is tackled soon it will be for a whole generation of teachers.

Current signatories

Emma Thomas, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• J RICHARDS
• Sean Stockdale
• james busby
• Dinah Middleton
• Jill Reidy
• Ian McAuley
• Trell O'Hara
• David E Smyth
• Helen Gathercole
• Liz Hardman
• Lynn Matheson
• Jody Coleman
• John Naples-Campbell
• J Huckle
• Lydia Hook
• kelly Glass
• Carolyn Eiken
• Deborah Main
• Samantha Lunn
• James Smith
• Catherine Potten
• Estelle Morel
• Lisa Astle
• Hilton Mayston
• paula kennedy
• Steve King
• Grace Hillard
• L Quinn
• Alison Vaughan
• Sarah Walker
• John Jessup
• alan stockdale
• steven hope
• carol ashby-rudd
• Deborah Williams
• Iain Duncan
• Christophe Naudot
• christina Casey
• Sue Starr
• Elaine Bryan
• Carol Sumner
• Cheryl Schmidt
• Sarah Carr
• Zoe Wood
• Angela Greenfield
• Andy Steed
• Irene Shirazi
• Lorraine Herbert
• Edward Sedgwick
• Pamela Barnes
• Amy Aylett
• javida lodhi
• Chris Francis
• Philip Johnson
• D.B.Marshall
• Wendy Bamforth
• Natalie Deakin
• Pete Bevis
• Alan Watkins-Groves
• Keith Belshaw
• Alan Pinchbeck
• Jennifer Williams
• Daniel Paul Powell
• SUE THORNLEY
• Helen Slaughter
• Danielle Greest
• Anna Woodward
• Helen Fisher
• jim duffy
• Francesca Scott
• alison riley
• Margaret Coniam
• Dawn Metcalfe
• Julie Cross
• D. HEARN, MA (Oxon), Dip Vienna
• Leslie Monk
• EVERYONE has the right to work in a happy and supported atmosphere
• Samantha Langridge
• Jo Smith
• Mervyn Davis
• Claire Francis
• Tony Allsopp
• Lisa Thorne
• Elizabeth Gobbi
• kirsty burridge
• A.D
• Vanessa Purnell
• Louise Fleming
• Paola Stanley
• carol ann purnell
• Denise McKillop
• cheryl maskey
• am a head and i am bullied too; by the LA SIP and the governors
• Tisha McKillop
• Catherine Adams
• Kevin Smith
• myrette macintyre
• RC
• Alexandra Ross
• Helen Boxley
• Sarah Cross
• Peter Gatty
• c bates
• mark morris
• Katie Vaughan
• K Sutherland
• D. Sears
• Michelle Hollingworth
• Garry Clarkson
• sarah pagendam
• A Bowes
• helen brown
• greg karran-ali
• A Willis
• Carl Holland
• Fiona Hanvey
• Richard Warren
• Zoe Wood
• deborah jones
• Alison Francis
• Samantha Nuttall
• Helen Tucker
• Deborah Cadman
• paul morris
• Mairi Tingle
• henry przepiorka
• Brendan Morgan
• A Attwood
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• C Rogers
• Maggie Good
• Isla Dowds
• Jane Middlebrook
• Keith Heslop
• Sara Whiley
• Catherine
• Catherine Finnan