45 - If Bury College's reasoning was right for the teacher, it must also apply to the College itself
The College judged the claimant's attitude as evidence of whether he understood the seriousness of his conduct and whether it could have confidence that it would not happen again. But what happens when that same reasoning is applied to the people responsible for the process? A significant part of Bury College's case against the claimant concerned his response to the allegation , not simply the fact that he had used the word. The claimant accepted that he had used the word. He apologised for doing so. What he did not accept was the allegation that he had called a student that word . His position was that he had repeated the word back as a question to a student who had just used it. Sarah Walton's own evidence records that, at the later investigation meeting, the claimant apologised for his use of the word and appeared accepting that his behaviour was not acceptable. Nevertheless, Becky Tootell relied upon what she regarded as a lack of remorse and accountability, whi...