Ex-teacher jailed for sex with boy at Lincolnshire school – BBC News
“A former teacher at a school in North East Lincolnshire has been jailed after admitting having sex with a pupil.”
BBC News, 17th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: teachers
Music teacher Craig Parkin jailed for sex with pupil – BBC News
“A West Yorkshire teacher has been jailed for four years after having a sexual relationship with a pupil.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lancashire teacher cleared of sex assaults on pupils – BBC News
“A teacher acquitted of sex assaults on pupils has spoken of his distress at living apart from his wife and baby for eight months because of the case.”
BBC News, 26th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teacher sentenced for pupil ’embrace’ – The Independent
“A teacher caught by a caretaker in an embrace with an underage schoolgirl in a darkened classroom after hours avoided a prison sentence today.”
The Independent, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teacher banned for letting pupils hug him – Daily Telegraph
“A primary schoolteacher has been banned from working for allowing children to hug him.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher accused of assaulting pupil as he attempted to restore order in school – Daily Telegraph
“A secondary school assistant head teacher has spoken of his anguish at being accused of assualt by an unruly pupil as he tried to restore order in his school.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Some information on local sex offence teachers must be disclosed, rules tribunal – UK Human Rights Blog
“In Colleen Smith v IC and Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (EA/2011/0006), the requester asked for information on the number of school teachers in specified towns who had been investigated, cautioned and charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 between January 2005 and November 2007. The Constabulary eventually relied on the personal data at section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (‘FOIA’).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th September 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/
Three-month ban for teacher who tried to kiss her pupil – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher has been banned for three months after sending sex-related text messages to one pupil and trying to kiss another.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher banned from classroom after ‘biting a police officer’ conviction emerges – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher has been banned from the classroom after hiding a string of convictions – including biting a police officer.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher defends double life as porn film star – Daily Telegraph
“A male teacher who moonlighted as a stripper and appeared in pornographic films is free to continue teaching despite being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Abuse images teacher avoids jail – The Independent
“A primary school teacher who downloaded thousands of images of child sex abuse today escaped jail after telling a court it was a source of ‘comfort’ after being abused himself.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge tells teacher sex offender: ‘I don’t criticise you for being attracted to children’ – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has been condemned for telling a teacher convicted of child porn offences that she did not criticise him for being attracted to children.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families v Fletcher; Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (No 2) – WLR Daily
“Teachers who had been employed by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and seconded to work at European Schools throughout the European Union were entitled to bring unfair dismissal claims before an employment tribunal under section 94(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court extends employment rights to Government-employed teachers working abroad – OUT-LAW.com
“Teachers working for the UK Government in European Schools should have the same protections from unfair dismissal as those working in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Regina (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily
“A teaching assistant accused of acts of abuse of trust with a pupil was not entitled to legal representation in school disciplinary proceedings which might lead to a referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which could bar him from working with children.”
WLR Daily, 29th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Teacher jailed indefinitely for sexual abuse – The Guardian
“A primary school teacher who filmed himself sexually abusing young girls in his classroom has been jailed indefinitely.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lecturer jailed for student affair – The Independent
“A college lecturer who had a six-month relationship with a teenage student was today jailed for eight months.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Drama teacher jailed for lesbian affair with pupil – Daily Telegraph
“A drama teacher who took advantage of a vulnerable pupil and had a lesbian affair with her has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher jailed for raping pupil – The Independent
“A teacher who raped and sexually assaulted one of his pupils after abducting her from a school disco was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 7th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
