12/06/2008

Stripping Teacher Shown The Door

A supply teacher has been banned for stripping of his clothes in front on his teenage students.

The incident, which happened at Sudbury Upper School in Sudbury, Suffolk, in April was filmed by a pupil on a mobile phone and was then posted on internet website YouTube.

The footage, taken by a pupil using her mobile phone, shows the bespectacled, bearded teacher unbuttoning his shirt and then going 'topless' and flexing his (flabby) muscles in front of the hysterical class.

A Suffolk County Council spokesperson said that following the incident, the man was "asked to leave the school" and his agency which supplied him was informed.

"The school felt his behaviour inappropriate," the spokesperson said.

It is reported that the 40-second video clip shows the teacher removing his shirt and pointing to his left bicep, to the raucous chorus of cheers from girls and boys.

Neither the school nor the council have named the teacher, who is understood to be clearly recognisable from the footage.

The teacher had been employed through a Hertfordshire agency. He has been banned from working in Suffolk County Council schools.

Headteacher of Sudbury Upper School, David Forrest, said he had seen the footage soon after the incident, before it was published on the website.

(DS)


Related UK National News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

16 October 2015
Renewed Appeal In 1995 School Teacher Murder Investigation
A fresh appeal for information has been issued 20 years after the murder of a Walthamstow school teacher. Joy Hewer was sexually assaulted and stabbed in an attack at her flat in Walthamstow on Tuesday, 17 October 1995. No one has ever been charged with her murder.
29 July 2013
Primary School Teacher Jailed For Indecent Images Of Children
A primary school teacher has been jailed for six months after admitting making a possessing indecent images of children. 40-year-old Simon Clannachan pleaded guilty to 14 charges of making indecent images of children and seven of possessing pornographic images portraying a sexual act with an animal.
14 June 2011
Primary School Teacher Sentenced For Sexual Offences
A North Somerset primary school teacher has been given an indeterminate public protection order for a catalogue of sexual abuse against young girl pupils in his care. He will only be released when it is safe to do so and this equates to a determinate sentence of 24 years.
13 February 2015
UK Teacher In Final Of $1m Teacher Competition
Science teacher Richard Spencer is the only UK teacher to make the finals of the Global Teacher Prize. Mr Spencer, who teaches science at Middlesbrough College in north-east England, is one of ten teachers from around the world in with a chance of winning the competitions $1m (£650,000) prize.
10 September 2004
New plan set to build on teachers' expertise
Plans have been announced today designed to boost teachers' professional development and give every teacher the opportunity to improve their classroom practice.