School inspector sacked for brushing water off child’s head wins legal battle

Former Ofsted inspector fired for brushing water off pupil's head wins unfair dismissal case

A former Ofsted inspector who was fired after brushing water of a student’s head has won a six-year unfair dismissal case

School inspector sacked for brushing water off child’s head wins legal battle

Mr Hewston had worked for Ofsted since 2007 when he was ‘unfairly dismissed’

School inspector Andrew Hewston sacked for brushing water off boy’s head wins six-year unfair dismissal case against Ofsted

Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes: “A good example of one of Janice’s observations in her excellent essay is this story. For behind it is the assumption that somehow all males are suspect predators, so this man’s simple kindly action became a “safeguarding” issue in a way that the same casual assistance by a female Ofsted inspector would never have been. The man is assumed to be “guilty” even though the Judge finally ruling on this says he…

Ofsted was wrong to sack inspector who brushed rainwater off pupil, judge says

Ofsted was wrong to sack an inspector who brushed rainwater off a pupil, because it “did not merit dismissal”, a Court of Appeal judge has said. Andrew Hewston was dismissed