A veteran teacher who was sacked for failing to report her concerns about a pregnant 12-year-old has won almost £250,000 after a tribunal ruled she had been wrongly blamed for a 'collectively made mistake'.
Mary-Ann Pearson, 55, claimed that although she had noticed the student had put on weight, she had no idea that she was expecting.
The 'conscientious, thoughtful and caring' business and social sciences teacher was accused of not alerting her superiors to the situation and was fired for gross misconduct.
But an employment tribunal found that staff members at Greenwood Academies Trust were oblivious to what had happened to the student and 'systemic and institutional safeguarding failures' had been made.
Ms Pearson was awarded £248,184.38 in total for her claims, which included unfair dismissal.
