What's up at Ashley C of E Primary School?: Richard Dunne

Richard Dunne, pictured outside Ashley School

At the beginning of September term 2019, Ashley School's outstanding head teacher, Richard Dunne disappeared.

It emerged his employer, the Good Shepherd Trust, had made "a number of allegations" about his "performance".

Seven weeks later, Mr Dunne resigned, stating: "I strongly reject the allegations levied by the Trust, but, given the way the Trust has conducted itself so far, I do not believe that I will receive a fair hearing."

Mr Dunne is now raising funds to take legal action against his former employer. This website has been set up to try to find out what exactly has been going on.

To read the full text of Mr Dunne's resignation letter, click here.
To read the parental response to Mr Dunne's resignation, click here.
To read the GST's response to Mr Dunne's resignation, click here.

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To contact the Good Shepherd Trust, click here.

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At the beginning of Autumn term 2019, Ashley School's head teacher, Richard Dunne was suspended by his employer, the Good Shepherd Trust.

Mr Dunne resigned, (correctly) sussing his impending disciplinary hearing was a stitch-up.

Parents fundraised tens of thousands of pounds so Mr Dunne could sue the Good Shepherd Trust for constructive dismissal.

In 2020, the Teaching Regulation Agency considered all the Good Shepherd Trust's allegations against Mr Dunne and threw them out, saying none of them "even at their highest... amount to potentially serious misconduct".

In July 2021 Mr Dunne received a formal apology from the Trust for the way he had been treated. Parents representing the majority of families at Ashley have demanded an investigation.

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