BTW - The law goes further -

It also pledged to give anonymity to teachers facing accusations of assault or other offences by their own pupils.

It comes amid concerns careers are ruined by staff who are victims of malicious and false allegation from their students.

Removing other arguments about teachers lives being ruined by false accusations as well.

The objection that people have is that it gives credibility to the argument that a lot of these claims are false. How so? I cannot see it myself. Even if it stops one person in a thousand from the stigma of a falso claim it is worth it. If the concern is that people will not make the complaints if they are to viewed as false than it is up to the legal system to ensure that this concern is removed. However I look at it, I cannot see that having a law that favours one set of victims over another, however small, if in any way fair.

DeG