Complaints were made against Charlotte Moore, a Year 6 teacher at Trinity St Mary's school in Chelmsford, Essex, after she used the remark to try to quieten down her class.
A Church of England primary school teacher was sacked over allegations of racism after she called pupils in her class 'chattering monkeys', a tribunal has heard.
There were further allegations that the 'very strict' teacher grabbed one pupil by the back of the neck and shook another, while she was also accused of 'jokingly' threatening to shoot one of them if they continued to be disruptive. Fourteen of the 30 children in her class were interviewed and the concerns were repeated by a number of them, the tribunal heard.
Read More Social worker sacked after being called 'passive aggressive' loses discrimination claim She was fired for gross misconduct. The school found using the word 'monkey' was inappropriate as it can be a slur.' raised concerns about children feeling scared of Mrs Moore and scared by the way she expressed herself in the staffroom', Judge Palmer said.
question of motivation, in other words whether it was simply a clumsy and ill-chosen means of expression with a potential to cause offence.
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