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School caretaker given bad reference for being ‘rude’ to female staffers gets £32k payout

The Independent UK News · 21 August 2026 at 12:53

School caretaker given bad reference for being ‘rude’ to female staffers gets £32k payout

A headteacher claimed that Mark Steward was ‘unwilling to take instruction from women’

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School caretaker given bad reference for being ‘rude’ to female staffers gets £32k payout

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