Father sues school over A level results

If there was a mistake on the part of the teacher the exam board should have moderated it up. I trust the exam board over this guy's dad from the impression I've got of him

You can still be happy in a state school, it could be seen as cowardly to assume your child will be unhappy there. They're going to have to mix with poor/undesirable people at some point in their life.

Kids flunk sometimes, even the good ones. The dad doesnt seem to realise this.

Still, he got an A in his exam, and the rest of his class did awfully in their coursework as well.

Did you actually read the article? It clearly states that straight A students got Es, even after remarking, because the teachers had told them to do the wrong thing.


But, on average, less happy. And if you do well at university there's actually no reason to have to associate in any way with the criminal underclass for the rest of your life. These people are a very small proportion even of "the poor"; I feel most sorry for hardworking students whose parents can't buy their way out of the state sector.

I noticed, i read the article after i posted which was a little presumptuous. I do think that it now was a combination of the school as a whole and the teachers fault from what i can see. Suing because of it though does seem a little extreme.

I did read the entire article. Even if the teachers had done the wrong thing, how can his dad sue them? What law allows parents to sue teachers?

How can you substantiate that students in the state sector are less happy on average? I for one had a great time. Just because students can't afford fees (or don't want to pay huge amounts for AAB), doesn't make them a criminal underclass. Maybe the state sector would be a bit better if the highly motivated and affluent students didn't all buy their way out.

I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not definitively saying he has a case. But he paid the school to provide a service (education) which seems to have been provided with gross incompetence. There would seem to be as good a case here as if you hired a plumber to fix your heating and he accidentally set fire to your house. The fact that it is a school isn't relevant.

It is relevant because I don't think you can sue a school like you can sue a plumber.

Don't think he realises the problems this will cause for his son in the future as well for future employers. If we fire this kid, his dads going to sue us, best not employ him

For what reason? I doubt you can sue a state school, since there isn't any contract between you and the government, it's just implicit that they'll provide you with schooling. But in the case of a private school, it seems like a straightforward business arrangement where the contracted service doesn't match reasonable expectations of quality.

Can't blame it on the school that his coursework was really ****. He should have used his common sense...

In my understanding private schools are charities, not businesses. Anyway, I'm not saying I have an opinion on this, only that I believe the law as it stands does not allow you to sue a teacher for giving the wrong advice on coursework. Unless there is an actual contract with a clause mentioning this, I can't see him having a leg to stand on.

Like I said, I'm not a lawyer. If you are, I will defer to your superior knowledge in this area. It just doesn't seem inherently unreasonable or frivolous, as some people are trying to portray it.