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Education Tribunal Data Analysis

Employment Tribunal decisions and outcome patterns in the Education sector from the last 12 months.

227Cases Analysed (Last 12 Months)

Final Education decisions with at least one determined claim.

30%Success Factor

Proportion of cases won or split/upheld in our database.

70%Dismissal Rate

Cases lost or struck out due to procedural/jurisdictional issues.

↑ Strongest IndicatorRedundancy Pay (80% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorWhistleblowing (11% Success)

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Unfair DismissalConstructive DismissalDiscriminationRedundancy PayUnpaid WagesWhistleblowingBreach of ContractHarassment

Showing 27 cases from the last 2 months.

Employers in recent Education decisions

Browse the latest published decisions for employers represented in this sector sample.

Swansea UniversityThe University of EdinburghThe Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge and OthersGateways Educational Trust LtdUniversity of WolverhamptonSouth Bank CollegesUniversity of ExeterThe Governing Body of Catherine Junior School and Leicester City CouncilKing’s College London and L SandersonWave Multi Academy TrustVictorious Academies TrustSt John the Evangelist Primary School Bradford
18 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Breach of Contract and Other

The claimant materially breached the unless order prohibiting direct contact with the respondent, and the tribunal declined to set aside the order, resulting in the automatic dismissal of all claims.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Unless order
  • material breach
  • relief from sanction
  • overriding objective
  • autistic spectrum disorder as mitigating factor
  • deliberate non-compliance
  • strike out for procedural default

Reference: 1603466/2025

13 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing, Breach of Contract and Harassment

All claims dismissed because the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction: they were presented out of time and no extension was warranted.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Time limits for Employment Tribunal claims
  • reasonable practicability test (Lowri Beck Services)
  • just and equitable extension for discrimination claims
  • lack of specification in pleadings
  • jurisdiction to hear claims

Reference: 8002992/2025

10 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Whistleblowing

The Claimant succeeded on 11 out of 14 detriment complaints for whistleblowing, but the claim is not yet complete as a remedy hearing is pending.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Whistleblowing detriment under s.47B Employment Rights Act 1996
  • protected disclosures
  • causation and burden of proof
  • groupthink/organisational enmity
  • ghost-writing of responses
  • time limits and series of acts

Reference: 3307960/2023

10 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Whistleblowing

The claimant did not make a protected disclosure and her dismissal for gross misconduct was fair.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether the claimant's email constituted a protected disclosure under section 43B ERA 1996
  • whether the dismissal for misconduct was fair under section 98 ERA 1996
  • time limits for detriment claim

Reference: 6021217/2024

7 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

The complaint of unfair dismissal was not well founded and therefore dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unfair dismissal

Reference: 6030814/2025

3 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Breach of Contract and Harassment

The claimant succeeded in victimisation, constructive unfair dismissal, holiday pay, notice pay, and SSP claims, but failed in disability discrimination and harassment claims.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Disability definition under s6 Equality Act 2010
  • victimisation
  • constructive dismissal
  • unfair dismissal
  • unlawful deductions from wages
  • holiday pay
  • notice pay

Reference: 2305628/2024

3 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Other

The claim was struck out because the claimant failed to attend the hearing, respond to correspondence, or object to the proposed strike out.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Strike out under Rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Rules for failure to actively pursue the claim and non-compliance with case management orders

Reference: 6028572/2025

28 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal

The constructive unfair dismissal claim was presented out of time, so the tribunal had no jurisdiction to consider it, and the application to amend was dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limit for presenting a constructive unfair dismissal claim
  • jurisdiction to hear out-of-time claims
  • criteria for granting permission to amend a claim to add new discrimination and harassment complaints

Reference: 6025089/2025

28 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Discrimination

The entire claim was struck out as vexatious and an abuse of process under Rule 38(1)(a), because the claimant repeatedly re-litigated matters already decided or which could have been raised in earlier proceedings.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Strike out for no reasonable prospects and as vexatious
  • abuse of process (Henderson v Henderson)
  • issue estoppel
  • proportionality of strike out
  • litigant in person conduct

Reference: 2309321/2025

23 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal

The claimant's claim for constructive unfair dismissal was dismissed as not well founded.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Constructive unfair dismissal – whether the claimant was entitled to resign in response to a fundamental breach of contract by the employer. The claim was found not well founded

Reference: 6040651/2025

23 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal

The claimant's complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded, but liability only was determined with remedy to be assessed later.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • contributory fault
  • reduction of basic and compensatory awards for claimant's conduct

Reference: 6014556/2025

23 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the hearing and had not complied with Tribunal orders or communicated with the Tribunal.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Rule 47 dismissal for non-attendance
  • Rule 38 strike out for no reasonable prospects
  • unreasonable conduct
  • non-compliance
  • failure to pursue claim
  • no fair hearing possible

Reference: 6046937/2025

23 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Other

The claim was struck out because the claimant failed to comply with tribunal orders and conducted proceedings unreasonably, making a fair trial impossible.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Strike out under Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 rule 38(1)(b) (unreasonable conduct) and (c) (failure to comply with an order)
  • proportionality
  • disability and fair trial considerations
  • overriding objective

Reference: 6019084/2025

17 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Harassment

The claimant had no reasonable prospect of establishing that the discriminatory conduct extended over a period ending on or after 27 August 2024, nor that it would be just and equitable to extend the time limit, so the claims were struck out.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Time limits for discrimination claims under s.123 Equality Act 2010
  • whether conduct extended over a period
  • whether it would be just and equitable to extend time
  • strike out under Rule 38 for no reasonable prospect of success

Reference: 6002234/2025

17 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

The complaint of unfair dismissal was struck out because it was presented out of time when it was reasonably practicable to present it in time.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the unfair dismissal claim was presented in time
  • jurisdiction for the tribunal to hear the claim

Reference: 6031256/2025

17 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Harassment

The claim was dismissed in full because the claimant failed to attend the preliminary hearing and had persistently failed to comply with Tribunal directions, making a fair hearing impossible.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Non-attendance at hearing
  • Rule 47 dismissal
  • overriding objective
  • pattern of non-compliance with Tribunal directions

Reference: 6020696/2025

16 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Harassment

The claimant's second claim was partially struck out as an abuse of process for re-litigating matters already decided or capable of being raised in earlier proceedings, while other allegations were allowed to proceed.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Abuse of process (Henderson v Henderson)
  • res judicata
  • strike out
  • successive claims
  • amendment applications
  • finality of litigation

Reference: 6018120/2025

16 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Discrimination

The claims were dismissed because they were presented out of time and the tribunal refused to extend time on just and equitable grounds, as the claimant failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the delay and the claims appeared weak.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Time limits under s.123 Equality Act 2010
  • just and equitable extension
  • strength of claim as a factor
  • burden of proof

Reference: 8002000/2025

14 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

The claimant won on ordinary unfair dismissal because the respondent's dismissal process was procedurally flawed and the decision fell outside the range of reasonable responses, but all other claims (constructive dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, breach of contract, wages) were dismissed.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Whether the dismissal was fair under s.98 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • whether the claimant made protected disclosures
  • whether the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments
  • whether the claimant was constructively dismissed

Reference: 1603674/2024

14 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Discrimination

The claim of race discrimination was not presented within the applicable time limit, but it is just and equitable to extend the time limit, so the claim will proceed.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Time limit for discrimination claim
  • just and equitable extension

Reference: 6003113/2025

9 Jul 2026
Claimant won

Unfair Dismissal

The claimant's unfair dismissal claim succeeded, but the award was reduced for contributory fault and the Polkey chance of fair dismissal, and the parties agreed on remedy without specifying a sum in the judgment.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Polkey reduction
  • contributory fault
  • refusal of amendment to add breach of contract claim

Reference: 6022364/2024

9 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Whistleblowing

The claimant failed to establish that his tinnitus and anxiety had a substantial adverse effect on his day-to-day activities, so he was not a disabled person under the Equality Act 2010, and his amendment applications were either withdrawn or refused.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether the claimant was a disabled person under section 6 Equality Act 2010
  • whether to grant amendment applications
  • strike out application (dealt with separately)

Reference: 6005329/2024

6 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

The complaint of unfair dismissal was not well-founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the dismissal was unfair under the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 6023286/2025

6 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Whistleblowing

The claimant succeeded in proving that two negative references were provided because of his protected disclosures, but failed to prove other alleged detriments were caused by the disclosures.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Protected disclosure
  • detriment
  • causation
  • inference
  • burden of proof under s.48 ERA 1996

Reference: 3301251/2024

3 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal

The claimant won the unfair dismissal claim against the 1st respondent, but the same claim against the 2nd respondent was struck out, resulting in a split outcome.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Polkey reduction (100% chance of fair dismissal)
  • contributory fault reduction (75%)
  • ACAS uplift (25%)
  • strike out for no reasonable prospects

Reference: 3305030/2024

3 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

The claimant's unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims were dismissed, and the reconsideration application was refused because it had no reasonable prospects of success and raised no error of law or procedural mishap.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Reconsideration threshold under Rule 68-70
  • interests of justice
  • no reasonable prospects of varying or revoking original judgment
  • finality of litigation
  • proper grounds for reconsideration versus appeal

Reference: 2601833/2024

3 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Unpaid Wages

All complaints were found not well-founded and were dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • direct race discrimination
  • unlawful deductions from wages/breach of contract

Reference: 2303124/2024

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