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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

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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

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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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