i think it is so stupid how attention seeking people think that they have the right to ruin someones career. And i hate all the stuff in the paper's about teacher/pupil relationships because the teacher is just abusing the trust and shouldn't go along with the relationship. I am quiet close to my head of year and he's always there for me and everything and i'm a 15 year old girl and he's a 33 year old man and a lot of ma friends say that we fancie each other and stuff which is stupid and immature. I can't immagine him ever hurting me or making a move on me. He is very responsible and nice and he's just looking out for me. He once said he thinks i get detentions to be wiv him cus i fancie him as a joke and i was like 'yeah i adore ya, sir'. He's not ugly or anything and he's got a really nice body and cheeky smile (which i adore) but i don't have any sexual attraction towards him. I love talking to him and spending time with him and knowing him for 4 years and he's never done anything.

Christina, Stafford, England

I am an ex-secondary school English teacher. During my time as a teacher I knew of two colleagues who were falsely accused of molesting pupils in the schools where I worked. In both cases, the lying children were eventually allowed back into the school. Furthermore, no one from the Education department got in touch with the victims of the liars to offer them support or sympathy while they waited for the outcome of the false complaint. They were left dangling, fearing for their livelihoods. And one of them had to return to the classroom where the lying child sat waiting for him, smirking.

Angus McFarlane, Bucharest, Romania

I am a peripatetic music teacher. I was falsely accused of slapping a child during a lesson when the whole class and FIVE other adults where present . This act was impossible to commit without any of the adults witnessing it, yet only the child and her witness (aged10yrs & already made 2 allegations herself)) were interviewed and the case was refered to the police. I was unable to work for a term, lost all my private earnings and had to withdraw a choir from the National Festival of Youth competion as a result. If procedure is not changed I can guarantee these 2, desperately needy and attention- seeking children will make more allegations during their school careers, thus ruining the lives of more staff and their families in their wake. At the very least, counselling must be introduced in order to address the many needs of the child. Restorative Justice might also be considered bringing the child, parents & teacher together, offering the child the chance to repent.

Kate, High Wycombe,