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Bullied teacher gets damages

A primary school teacher has won £86,487 in damages after she developed depression as a result of being bullied by her head teacher. She was also awarded costs. The judge said that the head teacher was “unapproachable, unfair in her dealings with the claimant and rude, aggressive and intimidatory in her dealings with the claimant, some children and parents.”

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