Published on 12, July, 2020
I am totally devastated. I had a meeting planned today with my head teacher about how they could make reasonable adjustments for me at work. When I turned up it was the head and the deputy. I felt totally ganged up upon and it was as if they had planned before hand not to offer any help. They basically said that I am one of sixty staff all with their own needs and I am paid to be a teacher so I just need to get on with it.
The head kept grilling me with questions even when I had gone silent and started to cry.
I came out, drove home and had a complete meltdown. I eel awful and as if I am a great big inconvenience to the school.
It was just the worst.
I'm very sorry to read this. It very much sounds to me as if your employer is discriminating against you under the explicit terms of the Equality Act 2010. If you had a phyisical disability they would accommodate you. An educational establishment should really know better than this as they presumably have some similarly affected pupils. As has been said already, you should approach your union if you are in one. Otherwise seek some form of legal help. Go to Citizens Advice, or even contact ACAS. Here is the Equality Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
That's a big scary document. What bit should I be looking at ?