School teachers have been awarded an estimated £20 million in compensation for personal injuries, employment disputes and criminal suits over the past 12 months.

National Union of Teachers (NUT) members who won compensation include a teacher from Liverpool who dislocated her hip using a toilet designed for primary pupils. She was awarded £13,958 in compensation.
An east London lesbian teacher who asked for paternity leave to assist at the birth of her partner’s baby received £20,000 from her Catholic school after it refused, saying her lifestyle was unacceptable and telling her to leave.

The union also helped a member on one of the Tube trains attacked in the July 7, 2005 London bombings to win £4,400 for psychological injury.

The NUT could not give a total compensation figure, but said the previous year’s was more than £7 million.

The NASUWT secured £6,877,197 in compensation for members. The biggest payouts included £330,000 for a Birmingham member assaulted by an intruder on school grounds.

A Yorkshire teacher received £165,000 from her employer for four years of pupil assaults that left her with a dislocated collar bone, broken eye socket and stress.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said it secured more than £4 million in 321 compromise agreements reached before employment tribunals. There was also more than £1.5 million in successful personal injury claims.

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