Teacher who sent inappropriate Snapchat messages to girls aged 13 and 14 is struck off 

The messages sent by the man to the girls — who were aged 13 and 14 — included one describing a girl as 'a little ride'

The High Court confirmed the decision of the Teaching Council which ruled that the teacher had engaged in inappropriate contact on Snapchat with six former students at the secondary school where he taught, as well as with another girl from the same area. Stock picture: Colin Keegan

A teacher, who sent inappropriate messages via Snapchat to teenage girls who were his former pupils, has been struck off by the High Court.

The messages, some of a sexual nature, sent by the male teacher to the girls aged 13 and 14, included describing one girl “as a little ride”.