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Anonymous bullying complaints spark St Peter s School investigation Anonymous bullying complaints spark St Peter s School investigation Thu, 13 May 2021, 12:22PM Dale Burden, executive principal at St Peter s School in Cambridge, hasn t been at the school, along with wife, Yevette, for about a month. (Photo / File) Anonymous bullying complaints spark St Peter s School investigation Thu, 13 May 2021, 12:22PM A staff member at St Peter s School in Cambridge complained about workplace bullying to watchdog WorkSafe in Term 1, the board has confirmed. In an email - which also acknowledges the slow release of information to parents and caregivers - board chairman John Erkkila revealed further details and said the board had been contacted by WorkSafe in term one that there had been anonymous complainants making concerning allegations of workplace bullying and that WorkSafe was making inquiries. ....
Workplace bullying “will not be tolerated, now or ever”, Erkkila said. However, he reminded the community around the private year 7 to 13 school that investigations were still under way and the outcome couldn’t be pre-determined. Stuff Questions surround the absence of executive principal Dale Burden and deputy principal Yevette Williams, who are understood not to have been at work since just before the recent term break. After a meeting with WorkSafe, the school board took on two independent investigators who are still working out “what may or may not have occurred”, and if there had been bullying behaviour towards staffers. ....
St Peter s School: Mystery surrounds circumstances of executive and deputy principals absence 11 May, 2021 11:47 PM 4 minutes to read Dale Burden, executive principal of St Peter s School, together with his deputy principal wife, are currently absent from the school without explanation from the board. Photo / Sarah Ivey Dale Burden, executive principal of St Peter s School, together with his deputy principal wife, are currently absent from the school without explanation from the board. Photo / Sarah Ivey Mystery still surrounds the abrupt departure of the executive principal and his deputy principal wife from a Cambridge private school. It s unclear exactly when executive principal Dale Burden and deputy principal Yevette Williams were last at St Peter s School, but it s believed to have been before the end of the first school term. ....
The wall of silence at the school was partially broken on Wednesday night when John Erkkila, the chairman of the St Peter’s Trust Board, sent a statement to parents and caregivers at the school. “WorkSafe has been notified of concerns about the wellbeing of some of St Peter’s staff and is making inquiries,” he wrote. “Following a board representative meeting with WorkSafe, the board subsequently and immediately began an independent investigation which is ongoing. The school continues to work with WorkSafe. Supplied St Peter s School in Cambridge. “Naturally, this matter will take time to work through and the board will do what it can to keep you informed. It is important that the board complies with its legal obligations and I would respectfully ask for your understanding in relation to this matter. ....