High Court removes teacher from register for sending hundreds of inappropriate messages to pupils

Counsel said there were 'hundreds and hundreds of messages' which ran to 700 pages and had been sent between September 2022 and May 2023

Mr Justice Barniville also ordered that the teacher not be eligible to re-apply to be put back on the register for another three years.

A secondary school teacher who was found guilty of professional misconduct for sending a large volume of inappropriate messages to three male students is to be removed from the register of teachers by order of the High Court.

The Teaching Council sanction, which was described as the most serious sanction for a teacher, was confirmed by the president of the High Court Mr Justice David Barniville on Monday.