A female primary teacher who sent
sexual Instagram messages to an 11-year-old pupil has been banned from
teaching. Kay Elizabeth Hollingsworth, 31, taught
at Notley Green Primary School, Essex, and sent one of her pupils a series of
sexual messages on Instagram and Snapchat.
She sent him another message explaining
she had recently split with a partner and was 'single and ready to mingle', and
called him 'dimples' when saying goodnight one evening.
She also had exchanges with the boy on
picture messaging social network Snapchat, and offered to delete their 'convo'
one night in case anyone saw it.
When the boy's parents found out, she
asked them not to tell the school but they refused. Miss Hollingsworth, who was a 'phase
leader' and after school teacher, was finally dismissed from the school in
May last year for gross misconduct.
She admitted to a teacher’s
disciplinary panel which dealt with her case in Coventry that she was
guilty and was banned from teaching on behalf of Education Secretary,
Nicky Morgan.
However, the panel accepted that she
was remorseful and said she could apply to have the ban lifted after just two
years.
The National College of Teaching and
Leadership (NCTL) panel ruled that it was both 'proportionate and
appropriate' to ban her and that her conduct could bring the teaching
profession into disrepute.
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