Head who didn't like union stopping him having 'free reign' at Greater Manchester school took 'revenge' on teacher

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A well respected senior teacher was unfairly sacked and discriminated against for 'trade union reasons', a tribunal has found.

Carmen Wood-Hope was employed at The Friars Primary School in Salford from 2014, having qualified three years earlier. She became a member of the school’s senior leadership team as the school’s Liaison and Cohesion lead, with responsibility for relations with parents and staff.

An employment tribunal held over ten days heard she was an excellent classroom teacher who had, in March 2017, been recommended for and received an additional pay award to reflect her ‘highly competent’ performance.

But after she became the NUT, later NEU, workplace representative for teaching staff members at the school, she ended up being dismissed.