Burnt Mill Academy Trust

1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Ms E Ewome Respondent: Burnt Mill Academy Trust Heard at: East London Hearing Centre On: 8-11 November 2022 & 14, 18-19 July 2023 21 – 22 2023 July in chambers Before: Employment Judge J M Jones Members: Ms J Clark Mr L O’Callaghan Representation Claimant: Mr C Price (Counsel – 8-11 November 2022) Mr W Brown (Solicitor – 14, 18-19 July 2023) Respondent: Mr D Masters (Counsel) JUDGMENT The Claimant’s complaints of race and sex discrimination fail and are dismissed. REASONS 1. This was the claimant’s complaint of race and sex discrimination. 2. The tribunal had a list of issues at pages 0A to 0D of the bundle of documents. The tribunal will refer to this list of issues in the section below when applying the relevant Law to our findings of facts. Evidence 3. The Tribunal heard from Carolyn Welch, HR and Cover Lead and Office Manager for the school; Marion Cook, Maths Supply Teacher (October 2018 – December 2019) and Ebenezer Sasu, former Art & Design teacher at the school (2019 – 2021), Adam Smith, Teacher at the school, and the Claimant; on the Claimant’s 2 behalf. For the Respondent, the Tribunal heard from Vincent Omilli, Deputy Head Teacher at the school; John Blaney, Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Trust (replacing Stephen Hehir in June 2021); Helena Mills, Chief Executive Officer of the Trust; Sophie Laing, Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Trust; Michael Yerosimou, Head Teacher at the school, Sahbi Benzid, Deputy Head Teacher at the school and Jasmine Pampolina, HR Lead and Office Manager. The Tribunal had witness statements from all those who gave evidence. 4. The Tribunal made the following findings of fact from the evidence in the hearing. 5. The Tribunal apologies to the parties for the delay in the ...