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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal >> Barker v. The Chairman of The Governors Wymondham College [1999] UKEAT 913_99_0511 (5 November 1999) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/1999/913_99_0511.html Cite as: [1999] UKEAT 913_99_511, [1999] UKEAT 913_99_0511 |
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At the Tribunal | |
Before
HIS HONOUR JUDGE PETER CLARK
MRS R CHAPMAN
MR S M SPRINGER MBE
APPELLANT | |
RESPONDENT |
Transcript of Proceedings
PRELIMINARY HEARING
Revised
For the Appellant | NO APPEARANCE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT |
JUDGE PETER CLARK: The Appellant Mr Barker responded to advertisements placed in the Eastern Daily Press Newspaper for the post of temporary relief matron and house matron/relief matron at Wymondham College, a state boarding and day school catering for boys and girls. At the relevant time, there were 881 pupils, 461 of whom were boarders divided as to 260 boys and 201 girls.
Mr C R Ash.
(1) the job holder needed to be a woman to preserve decency or privacy; the matrons have contact with young girls in a state of undress and deal with their personal intimate matters. Further the matron shared living quarters section 7(2)(b).
(2) living quarters did not have separate facilities section 7(2)(c).
(3) The job holder provides individuals, the boarders, with personal services promoting their welfare or education, which services can most effectively be provided by a woman, section 7(2)(e).