A headteacher has successfully sued her former employer after claiming her boss dressed her down during an Ofsted inspection over a marking error.
Deborah Lingard was left "humiliated" after executive headteacher Yvonne Brown brought out an exercise book belonging to her son - who was in Ms Lingard's class - pointing out the error and threatening to move him to a private school, a tribunal found. The "talented" Year 5 teacher had been head at Tyldesley Primary School in Wigan, Greater Manchester, at the time, but had had a "considerable dispute" with executive head Ms Brown.
A report from Manchester Employment Tribunal said Ms Lingard claimed the "majority" of her decisions had to be rubber-stamped by Ms Brown, who was known to "control many aspects" and, according to another employee, would even call on the home phone about work matters. One incident during a November 2016 inspection saw Ms Brown leave Ms Lingard "humiliated" after threatening to pull her own son out of the school and send him to another, the tribunal heard.
It came during a discussion about high achievers at the school and Mrs Brown had noticed a marking error in her son's book. The tribunal report said "The challenging high achievers issue was discussed in this meeting and Yvonne Brown went to get some books from the nearest classroom to assist the discussion.
