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Eton hires council officer who urged police action over abuser

By Sian Griffiths
Sunday Times
February 21, 2021

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eton-hires-council-officer-who-urged-police-action-over-abuser-z3km3t3f6

Vicary-Stott will report directly to Eton’s headmaster

The safeguarding leader who prompted the school to report concerns over a teacher now in jail has been taken on full-time

Eton College has appointed its first director of safeguarding after a child abuse scandal that she helped stop.

Alice Vicary-Stott has been hired to the full-time post at the boys-only boarding school, where Princes William and Harry and Boris Johnson were educated.

Her appointment follows last year’s conviction of Matthew Mowbray, who taught at Eton for more than 20 years, for offences against pupils at the £42,500-a- year school.

Vicary-Stott was the “local authority designated officer” overseeing children’s safety for three councils when Eton first reported its suspicions about Mowbray to her in May 2019. She advised that the case be referred to the police and Mowbray was arrested within days.

 




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