Published on 30/09/2006, News & Star, by Pam McClounie.
'A teacher from Carlisle is celebrating after winning a five-year battle to clear her name.
Joanne Sherry, 50, who taught religious studies at Trinity School in Carlisle, and risked being banned from ever teaching again, was cleared of professional misconduct yesterday by the General Teaching Council (GTC) in Birmingham.
Minutes after the verdict Miss Sherry told the News & Star: “I’m ecstatic. I’m in shock. I can’t believe it. For five years I said I didn’t do these things and for five years no-one listened to me.
“I worked with some really horrible people and I just want to forget it all now.”
Miss Sherry, who represented herself during the hearing in Birmingham, taught at the school on Strand Road for 16 years until her relationship with senior management broke down and she left.
She was hauled before the GTC accused of five serious allegations between 2000 and 2002. The hearing has taken 18 months to resolve the allegations...'
From: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=418484
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