'Intent on revenge' | Teacher sacked by head over trade union involvement wins tribunal

An employment tribunal has awarded a senior teacher more than £370,000 after finding she was unfairly dismissed by a headteacher ‘intent on revenge’ for her trade union activities and subjected to a campaign of discrimination.

Carmen Wood-Hope, a teacher and trade union representative at The Friars Primary School in Salford, was subjected to a sustained campaign of mistreatment by Headteacher Michael Earnshaw, culminating in her dismissal in April 2021.