Canada_guy: No, but I was wondering what he is to work with

Thanks for that response - but that assumes there is a modicum of truth in what he is alleging (which there is not). Our admin does not want to respond because responding to an unprofessional comment simply invites an escalation. Most of our staff don't know the details of why this guy left, so can't respond in detail rebutting his allegations - and since most of our new staff are recruited via either fairs or on the telephone, there is little we can do to dispel that untrue image

Has anyone on this forum worked under or with Stephen Butlin before and can give me some info on him? Many thanks!

I appreciate all the comments so far and agree that this forum and the comments on schools are a valid avenue for information.

But what do you do if a sacked teacher writes something completly untrue, naming individuals, and the administration does not respond?

Our school almost lost a new teacher when they saw an untrue post regarding our school. The new teacher came to see us and has very happily signed a two year contract. Good schools are accountable, teachers should be too!

I work in a school which had to recently fire a teacher for gross incompetence. We as a staff bent over backwards to make him fit in and help him, but at the end of the day they had to end his contract - now he has posted a pack of lies about our school and the administration on this website. :evil: How can we send a message that this kind of behaviour is unprofessional?