Art teacher gets lifetime ban after sending topless photos to student and asking for kiss
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An art teacher has received a lifetime ban from teaching after sending topless photos of her to a student and asking them to meet her in a cupboard to kiss. Georgie Worboys, 44, who taught at Prince William School in Oundle, Northamptonshire has been banned indefinitely as a result of a teacher misconduct panel.
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Hide AdAccording to a report published by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) on Wednesday (October 11), she was alleged to have engaged in inappropriate contact with a student, including sending them ‘a large volume of Facebook messages’ and asking for their phone number.
Miss Worboys then allegedly sent a topless picture, requesting that the student send 'nudes' or photos 'of a sexual nature', and bombarded them with sexually explicit messages. These included one saying: "You always contact when I'm naked".
Miss Worboys was also alleged to have attempted to cover up her contact with the student, telling them to delete messages and her phone number. Further allegations included that she touched students inappropriately, including putting her hand on one student's back and hugging another in the school toilets.
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Hide AdShe was also said to have asked a student about their sexuality and whether they were a virgin, as well as asking them to meet in an art cupboard so that they could kiss. Miss Worboys said she did not admit the allegations in an email to the TRA in July.
However, the TRA report found a number of the allegations were proven. The report said the panel was satisfied that Miss Worboys' conduct had breached professional standards and amounted to "misconduct of a serious nature which fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession".
The panel, which Miss Worboys did not attend, found that her actions were "calculated and motivated". The TRA report said: "The panel found that if Miss Worboys were permitted to teach in the future there would be a significant risk of recurrence with an associated safeguarding risk to pupils."
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