Trapped at every turn

This article shows just one way of how difficult it is for teachers.

When a teacher gives a pupil pat on the back or tap another pupil on the shoulder, it only takes one other mischievous child to watch it and say, "That's abuse." The teacher is in trouble and the trouble maker is off scot-free. As a society, the UK just loves the picture of the perfect child who is beaten and abused by those adults who surround them. Protect the children!!

But everyone knows that children are incredibly selfish (wanting the best toys, wanting to eat chocolate rather than vegetables, etc.) and they find methods to play parents off each other. Once, I even overheard two trouble makers talking about how they were going to get themselves in trouble on a Monday morning at school, at the same time (despite being in different classes), so that they could spend there 'punishment' in each other's company.

For teachers, it's impossible to win.

Teachers have to discipline children because some parents fail in their responsibilities.
But the same parents verbally attack teachers for being unfair to their children.

Teachers are encouraged to go beyond the curriculum to give pupils a rich education.
But some parents question why teachers aren't sticking to the curriculum (why teach it if it isn't in the exam?).

If teachers encourage a child with a pat on the back, a trouble maker will report them for abuse.
The above article could make it be such that a teacher is accused of abuse for not giving the pat on the back.

Just keep blaming the teachers. Take the child's word as gospel, since they are obviously the most trustworthy. Make teachers fill in paperwork for every incident, as the teacher obviously cannot be considered trustworthy without it. And keep changing the goalposts for teachers with every government.

Then ask again why teachers are leaving the profession.