Teachers who are members of political Parties.

The City of London acknowledges receipt of your request.

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Following receipt of your request for information on 8 October 2009 and
our acknowledgement of 9 October, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.

The City (the "Square Mile") has a resident population of around 8,000 and
only maintains one school in its capacity as a Local Education Authority,
namely the Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School, a voluntary aided
school. Please see the following link further details:

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1. Has your authority ever found a member of the BNP or any other
political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence related to their Party
membership in the last three years?

NO

2. Has any parent complained to you regarding the Party membership of any
employee or the expression of political views within School classrooms
under your authority during the last three years?

NO

3. What safeguards do you currently have in place to prevent members of
any political Party promoting their views within Schools?

The School does not allow any political views to be promoted to children
or parents. All teachers are expected to follow the Code of Conduct and
Practice for Registered Teachers set out by the General Teaching Council
for England. Any teacher or other member of staff who may be a member of
any political party could be considered under the School Disciplinary
Procedures if they were promoting their political party views within the
School. Any such case would be handled by the Governing Body with HR
advice and guidance from the LEA.

We hope that this assists.

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