The teacher in trainers

At the beginning of the year I included two separate posts on this blog about the silly teacher whose decision to wear scruffy sports clothes to work resulted in his eventual dismissal. I agreed with the school's decision and voiced my opinion that his sacking was completely justified. I still hold fast to that view of things. Many of his former colleagues, however, supported his appeal and we were led to believe that they would have been willing to strike over the issue. An article on the bbc news website today reports that the ridiculous notion of industrial action has sensibly been avoided and that the union and the council have reached a "confidential agreement."

Mr Swain, the former teacher at the very centre of this sorry tale, has said that he was unable to comment on the agreement. No doubt because he was down at the local sports shop stocking up on a choice of rugby shirts to wear to his next batch of job interviews.