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PE Teacher’s Football Lies Exposed by Pupil,  Banned from Teaching for Five Years

PE Teacher’s Football Lies Exposed by Pupil,  Banned from Teaching for Five Years

A PE teacher has been banned from the classroom after inventing a fake professional football career and later producing a false medical letter to explain absences from work. Between 2015 and 2016, Aaron Smith claimed to have played for West Bromwich Albion, Leicester City, and England Schoolboys Under-15s, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) heard. Smith, […]

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Survey Reveals Growing Crisis in Classroom Discipline Across Scotland

Survey Reveals Growing Crisis in Classroom Discipline Across Scotland

Teachers across Scotland have warned that schools have become too lenient with disruptive pupils, claiming a lack of consequences is fuelling poor behaviour in classrooms. A major survey by the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) found that just 22 per cent of teachers believe their school has a clear disciplinary system in place to deal

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Teacher Banned Indefinitely After Slapping Student in Farnborough

Teacher Banned Indefinitely After Slapping Student in Farnborough

A computer science teacher in Farnborough has been banned from teaching indefinitely after slapping a student who laughed at a classmate unable to answer a question. Bernard Aquilina, 35, formerly employed at Cove Secondary School in Hampshire, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct by a teaching conduct panel. He was dismissed from the school

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