A primary school teacher accused of putting his sock in a boy’s mouth and giving pupils answers during exams has been banned from teaching.<\/p>\n
Martin Myers, 47, taught at Ecton Village Primary School in Northamptonshire between 2010 and 2015.<\/p>\n
He denied all the allegations and decided not to attend a professional conduct panel.<\/p>\n
But it concluded his conduct “fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession”.<\/p>\n
A member of staff raised concerns that the teacher had assisted year six pupils during national curriculum exams, often known as Sats.<\/p>\n
Numerous children told an investigation he gave them the answers to a maths paper and a spelling test.<\/p>\n
Mr Myers stated during the school’s disciplinary process that he “always had the best interests of the children as my first concern”.<\/p>\n
He was also accused of telling pupils to ask their parents to write letters to save his job before he was dismissed.<\/p>\n
The panel was told of another incident where Mr Myers is said to have told a pupil to stop talking during a reading lesson.<\/p>\n
The boy said the teacher told him to “shut up” then took off his shoe and put a sock in his mouth, leaving him feeling “embarrassed”.<\/p>\n
Mr Myers claimed he had only thrown the sock across the classroom, telling the pupil to “put a sock in it”.<\/p>\n
The panel found all the allegations to be proven and its report said<\/a>: “The findings of misconduct are particularly serious as they include a finding of maladministration of Sats exams and dishonesty”.<\/p>\n He was banned from teaching in any school in England for at least five years.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"