A “teacher with a criminal record” does not progress equally to one without. In his comments last week Lord Carlile, talking about the inquiry he has led into the Operation and Effectiveness of the Youth Court, agreed.
He asked the gathering of legal experts and children’s sector leaders in the House of Lords if it was fair or reasonable that a highly qualified, well-respected teacher was still having to carry with him and declare a conviction for shoplifting committed when he was 14?
Or that this should continue to affect his chances of appointments and career progression?
He told how the inquiry had heard examples of the shadow that criminal records can cast across a lifetime, having an impact on job and life chances indefinitely.
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