Academy should have known teacher with reactive depression and
PTSD was disabled and made reasonable adjustments
Ms Lamb, a teacher at The Garrard Academy, commenced a period of
long term sick leave in February 2012, citing reactive depression
(following her aunt's death) and alleged bullying in the
workplace. Shortly after she went off sick, she raised a grievance
about two incidents concerning the deputy head.
Ms Lamb's grievance was initially upheld. However, the
academy's chief executive considered that the grievance report
was inadequate. She did not read the supporting evidence supplied
with the report and set the report aside.
In July 2012, Ms Lamb met with the chief executive and disclosed
that she had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to
experiences in childhood and that her condition could be triggered
by difficult situations. Ms Lamb was then assessed by occupational
health (OH) in November 2012. The report
