Why can't we name them?

The legal system in this country has for too long allowed young people to keep their anonymity even if they are found to have made false allegations against an adult who is exonerated of any blame.  Take this case as an example.

Here we have a 15-year old young man - I refuse to call a male of that age "boy" since most males that age are, by and large, physically as big and strong as many adults - smoking at school* and dishing out dumb insolence when told to stop by the Head.  Not liking the fact that he has been told off he then fabricates an all too simple plot for today's older school pupils, namely accusing the teacher of some kind of assault.

Having witnessed first hand the damage that this kind of accusation does to the teacher's reputation, health and career, my sympathies lie entirely with the exonerated Head and I hope she is able to pick up the pieces and carry on.  Unlike my colleague who was left broken, mentaly scarred and unable to even set foot on our school premises without being physically sick.

Back to the young man.  So he's fabricated an assault, wasted police and court time, possibly tarnished a teacher's career and caused untold upset to the teacher's family and friends.  And our legal system prevents the publication of his name.

Why?

What possible justification can there be to withhold his name?  He should be named and shamed, and further, prosecuted for wasting police time and sued for monetary damages payable to the teacher.

The balance of power has moved far too far in the favour of the school pupils and against teachers and support staff.  It needs to be redressed.

* I use "school" in the loosest possible sense here since the establishment in question

teaches children aged between 11 and 16 who have been referred because of behavioural difficulties or because they have been permanently excluded from school.

The little cherub in this case "suffers" from the entirely fictitious ADHD.