A teaching assistant who assaulted her wife causing “significant injuries” can continue to work in schools but with a reprimand on her record, a professional standards panel has ruled. Sarah Norton, who works with children at Oakfield Primary School in Cardiff, was convicted of actual bodily harm against Roxy McCraig at Cardiff Magistrates' Court in February 2022, court documents show.
An Education Workforce Council (EWC) fitness to practise committee on July 5 heard the assault happened at a property in Hereford Street, Grangetown, on November 6, 2021. Jessica Hocking, presenting officer for the EWC, said the altercation was a “domestic incident”, alcohol was involved, and “the complainant was left with significant injuries”.
Miss Hocking said Norton had “recklessly injured her spouse” and alcohol was “involved" but acknowledged that while Norton had pleaded guilty to ABH in court accounts differed. “The key difference in Miss Norton’s account is that she was trying to get into the property, but not being allowed in by the victim, and in pushing the door hit the victim’s head,” Ms Hocking told the panel.
