English Martyrs Catholic Voluntary Academy, Willow Crescent, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6EH
The Primary School has put up a new notice, in a hope parents and pupils and visitors will behave.
The new notice perhaps should also these other powers.
Section 222 of The Local Government Act 1972: This gives the local authority the power to prosecute an abusive parent by way of criminal proceedings or alternatively to bring civil proceedings against the parents.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997: This is known as the Anti-Stalking Legislation, although it is not only used for that purpose. The action can be a criminal prosecution or a civil claim and can be done on behalf of an individual or a group.
Criminal Damages Act 1971: Under this, if the person destroys or damages property belonging to the school, or to a teacher, he or she can be prosecuted for causing criminal damage.
Common assault: Where a member of staff is assaulted by a parent and minor injuries caused, the charge of common assault in accordance with Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 can be brought. Where the assault occasions actual bodily harm, the offence is brought under Section 47 (or for increasing severity, Sections 20 and 18) of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
Offences under the Public Order Act 1986: Unlike the Protection from Harassment Act, one incident alone is sufficient to constitute a public order offence. In these circumstances the local authority or academy does not have the relevant power to take action itself.
Criminal Justice Act 1988: Section 139a of the Act makes it an offence to carry an offensive weapon or knife on school premises. Under section 139b a police officer may enter a school and search for a weapon. A person who has a weapon on school premises will be guilty of an offence, unless he can prove a statutory defence.
The Education Act 2011: This gives new stop and search powers within schools and colleges. Headteachers already have the power to search pupils, but this Act will further extend powers of search and introduce measures to increase the authority of teachers to search pupils without their consent.
The Primary School has put up a new notice, in a hope parents and pupils and visitors will behave.
The new notice perhaps should also these other powers.
Section 222 of The Local Government Act 1972: This gives the local authority the power to prosecute an abusive parent by way of criminal proceedings or alternatively to bring civil proceedings against the parents.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997: This is known as the Anti-Stalking Legislation, although it is not only used for that purpose. The action can be a criminal prosecution or a civil claim and can be done on behalf of an individual or a group.
Criminal Damages Act 1971: Under this, if the person destroys or damages property belonging to the school, or to a teacher, he or she can be prosecuted for causing criminal damage.
Common assault: Where a member of staff is assaulted by a parent and minor injuries caused, the charge of common assault in accordance with Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 can be brought. Where the assault occasions actual bodily harm, the offence is brought under Section 47 (or for increasing severity, Sections 20 and 18) of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
Offences under the Public Order Act 1986: Unlike the Protection from Harassment Act, one incident alone is sufficient to constitute a public order offence. In these circumstances the local authority or academy does not have the relevant power to take action itself.
Criminal Justice Act 1988: Section 139a of the Act makes it an offence to carry an offensive weapon or knife on school premises. Under section 139b a police officer may enter a school and search for a weapon. A person who has a weapon on school premises will be guilty of an offence, unless he can prove a statutory defence.
The Education Act 2011: This gives new stop and search powers within schools and colleges. Headteachers already have the power to search pupils, but this Act will further extend powers of search and introduce measures to increase the authority of teachers to search pupils without their consent.
