Teacher who sent 'sexualised' messages to former pupils as young as 13 struck off

One of the messages sent to the girls, who were aged 13-14 years, contained a part-topless photo of himself, while he had described another girl as a 'little ride'

The teacher insisted that he was “not a risk to people” and his offending actions had taken place during a brief period when he was “going through a terrible period.” File photo

A teacher in his early 20s who sent inappropriate messages via Snapchat to teenage girls who were his former pupils has been struck off by the Teaching Council.

The regulatory body for teachers also ruled that the teacher should not be eligible to apply to re-register for a minimum of 15 years as the seriousness of the findings against him were “fundamentally incompatible with his continued registration as a teacher.”