An experienced classroom assistant accused of slapping a four-year old on the wrist in class immediately froze and gasped: "I don't believe I have done that," the class teacher told a professional ...

An experienced school teaching assistant slapped a four year-old pupil, described as young for his age, a professional standards hearing has found. Leander Shaw was working in a "particularly ...

A classroom assistant accused of slapping a four-year-old child on the wrist said staff were "bitten, spat at and abused" on a regular basis. Experienced teaching assistant Leander Shaw immediately ...

Children at a primary school have been helping to care for trees and shrubs to deepen their connection with nature.