Almost nine in 10 disabled teachers have experienced bullying or harassment at some point in their career.
The statistic has come from a straw poll of disabled teachers at the annual Disabled Teachers’ Consultation Conference hosted by the NASUWT.
The real-time electronic poll quizzed more than 100 of the union’s disabled members about their experiences at the chalkface.
It also found that 70 per cent had experienced discrimination on the basis of their disability during their teaching career.
Eighty per cent of the teachers believe the government’s education policies are bad for disabled teachers and for pupils, while 44 per cent said their school was not committed to supporting their needs as a disabled teacher.
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