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Headteacher banned after changing term dates to go on a cruise

An award-winning former headteacher , Joy Ballard, has been banned from the teaching profession after a tribunal found she deliberately altered school term dates at Ryde Academy to accommodate a personal cruise holiday. The tribunal also discovered that Mrs Ballard used school funds to purchase a Peugeot car for personal…

The Independent UK · Jul 3

Teacher banned from the classroom after twisting colleague’s nipple bar on staff night out

Vincent Collister, who taught at Ovingham Middle School in Northumberland, has been banned indefinitely by a Teaching Regulation Agency panel

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Primary school deputy head who bit and scratched child avoids teaching ban

Claire Herbert got into an argument with the child that became physical on June 18 2022, according to a Teaching Regulation Agency tribunal.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

Headteacher ‘chewed garlic to hide alcohol on breath’ and called student an ‘a***hole’

Jeremy Tucker banned from profession over misconduct

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022

Teacher forced to sell house after keeping more than £34k of council money by mistake

Danielle Auerbach-Byrne kept more than £30,000 paid to her by St Helens Council after a clerical error

Liverpool Echo · Oct 17, 2022

Teacher mislead both colleagues and students with elaborate cancer death claim

Lauren Green worked as a class teacher and an investigation found that for years, she accepted gifts, hampers and large donations of cash raised by charity fundraisers held at the school.

Daily Record · May 11, 2022

Supply teacher who worked at Wythenshawe school admits sexual interest in kids after police raid his home

Ben Symons, 36, was hired to work at St Paul's Catholic High School in 2019

Manchester Evening News · Mar 29, 2022