“Let Teachers Have Sex With School Children”
Unions. What rubbish they spout:
Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.
NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said it was an “anomaly” that a teacher who had sex with a pupil aged over 16 could go on the sex offenders register… because a teacher could legally enter a relationship with a sixth former at another school. (BBC)
Teachers who have such relationships should be prosecuted, found guilty, and punished appropriately if they have a sexual relationship with any pupil at their school. Whether they are 11 or 18.
It isn’t because 18 year-olds shouldn’t have relationships with older people even if they still are at school, but because of the position of authority which that teacher inhabits. Whether that child is of the age of consent or not, it is wholly inappropriate for their to be any form sexual relationship between them.
Teachers are undeniably in a position of authrotiy and responsibility over every young person in their school, whether or not they teach them directly. The law must remain clear that any sexual relationship between them are regarded as a sex offence.
One could even say that this should be extended to include an period after either have left that school as well, since that authoruty still exists - if I came across one of my old school teachers, I’d be hard pushed to not automatically refer to them as “sir” or “miss”, and I left school five years ago.
What the NASUWT’s revision would do is open every sixth former to the possibility of seduction by an older teacher.
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I don’t see this winning an support either, what a ludicrous suggestion.
Well its easy to be disgusted, clearly teachers taking advantage of their pupils is wrong. But should it be a legal matter, or just a professional matter? They could be sacked and barred from teaching without the law getting involved. Putting a 21 year old NQT who has merely kissed a 17 year old on the Sex Offenders Register with 50 year olds who have raped infants is ridiculous!
I understand what you are saying about the position of power, do you think the law should be extended to bosses of 16-18 interns, etc?
Secret person - bosses and employees of 16-18 exist in an entirely different form of authority relationship. Bosses aren’t in loco parentis and they are not responsible for the education of the 16-18 year-olds.
“Putting a 21 year old NQT who has merely kissed a 17 year old on the Sex Offenders Register with 50 year olds who have raped infants is ridiculous!”
Who else do you want to give a free pass to, 50 year old foster parent doing 16 year old foster children? The NASUWT would do mud wrestling with 13 year old girls if we let them.