A deputy headtaker who brings bit, scratch and slaps with a student Avoided ban by profession,
Claire Herbert, who worked at Red Rose Primary School in Chester-Le-Steret, County DurhamIn June 2022, there was a fight with a student.
A Teaching regulation agency The panel found him guilty Unacceptable professional conduct – But it was not enough to consider your risk of being abusive repeatedly as important Her teaching bar,
The panel was told how he turned and hurt various parts of the pupil’s body during change.
The incident occurred outside the school, where it appeared that alcohol was involved.
The child said that she was called “fat” by the teacher and was slapped and scratched by “Miss Herbert’s false nails”.
A witness told the panel that the child told him that Miss Herbert had left marks of cutting her hand and head.
He was sent to TRA in April 2023 after police caution for the general attack.
Ms. Herbert said that the incident was a “blot”, but said that this argument “became physical on both sides”. The panel heard how the teacher “accepted the defect as an adult in the situation.”.
In violation of TRA teaching standards, but said the incident was “out of character” and Miss Herbert showed “real and important regrets and remorse”.
This ruled that since the risk of recurrence was “very low”, preventing Miss Herbert for a period of at least two years “would not produce any material change or serve any useful objective”.
The panel said: “The panel determined that a recommendation for the prohibition order would not be appropriate in this case.”
