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Teacher banned from the classroom after encouraging pupil to perform sex act on him
Teacher banned from the classroom after encouraging pupil to perform sex act on him

The Independent

time2 days ago

  • The Independent

Teacher banned from the classroom after encouraging pupil to perform sex act on him

A teacher who encouraged a 'vulnerable' young pupil to perform a sex act on him has been banned from the classroom indefinitely. Jason Harrison also inappropriately touched the pupil while working at Notre Dame High School in February 2019, a misconduct hearing has found. Harrison, 35, who joined the Sheffield school in September 2015, then failed to alert staff about the incident, the tribunal heard. Among the documentary and oral evidence presented was the witness statement the pupil's mother gave in August 2019. She said her daughter told her Harrison had 'pushed her down so that she was on the floor and said 'it will only take ten seconds''. Harrison was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct after a number of 'serious' allegations were proven and he was found to have been in breach of multiple professional standards. The panel added that the 35-year-old had shown a 'complete lack of insight and remorse', failing to recognise the 'devastating' impact of his actions on the pupil and her family, instead choosing to focus on how he had been affected by the incident. It said: 'Mr Harrison's failure to take responsibility for his actions provides evidence of a real risk of repetition.' The tribunal concluded: 'The panel made very serious findings that Mr Harrison engaged in sexual conduct with Pupil A and his actions were sexually motivated.' Harrison has consequently been banned from teaching, with no opportunity to overturn the decision. A ruling issued last month on behalf of the education secretary said: 'The findings of misconduct are particularly serious as they include a teacher engaging in sexual activity with a vulnerable pupil who was also a child.' It continued: 'This means that Mr Jason Harrison is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children's home in England. 'Furthermore, in view of the seriousness of the allegations found proved against him, I have decided that Mr Harrison shall not be entitled to apply for restoration of his eligibility to teach.' Harrison, who had denied the allegations, did not appear at the hearing. Notre Dame High School is a Catholic co-educational academy that caters to pupils aged 11 to 18.

Osteopath under fire for calling patient 'Nora Batty' after iconic housewife character from BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine
Osteopath under fire for calling patient 'Nora Batty' after iconic housewife character from BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine

Daily Mail​

time4 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • Daily Mail​

Osteopath under fire for calling patient 'Nora Batty' after iconic housewife character from BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine

An osteopath has been sanctioned for referring to a patient as 'Nora Batty' during an appointment. The reference to the Last Of The Summer Wine character – known for her curlers and wrinkled stockings in the 1980s BBC sitcom – was deemed to be 'unacceptable professional conduct'. A disciplinary panel said the remark, made by Peter Rees, was 'pejorative' and 'inappropriate'. Mr Rees was also found guilty of manipulating the patient's spine despite the risk this posed because of her condition resulting in a fractured clavicle. A professional conduct committee of the General Osteopathic Council (OPC) found Mr Rees's actions to be a 'serious departure' from the standards required and admonished him. The panel heard that Mr Rees is self-employed at a clinic in Stourbridge, West Midlands, and has been working as an osteopath for 40 years. In March 2022, he was visited by a new client, referred to only as Patient A, for treatment of her lower back pain. 'During the first appointment on March 9, 2022, Mr Rees made a comment about Patient A, referring to her as 'Nora Batty', which was a pejorative reference to a fictional character from the TV series Last Of The Summer Wine and she felt he was not empathetic,' the panel said. Ms Batty, played by Kathy Staff on the world's longest-running sitcom, was famous for being the butt of many jokes and fighting off advances from Bill Owen's Compo Simmonite – often hitting him with her broom. Despite the remark, the woman gave Mr Rees the 'benefit of the doubt' and went back for a second appointment because she felt 'locked up'. The osteopath mobilised and manipulated her spine which resulted in a loud crack and Patient A 'crying out in pain'. She told him it was painful but he did not do anything then or when she mentioned it again while paying. Three days later, an X-ray at the hospital showed her right clavicle had been fractured. At the hearing, Mr Rees admitted unacceptable professional conduct, including that he had referred to her as Nora Batty and performed the spinal manipulation which was not 'clinically justified'. The hearing was told that since the complaint the osteopath has undertaken 'bespoke training' with a doctor to improve his practice. The panel found Mr Rees's behaviour was a 'serious departure' from the standards required, adding: 'The findings demonstrated [Mr Rees] had ignored or disregarded complaints of pain and had provided inappropriate treatment that resulted in harm to her.' However, it also concluded that this was single case in a long career and an admonishment was a sufficient sanction.

Osteopath disciplined for calling patient ‘Nora Batty'
Osteopath disciplined for calling patient ‘Nora Batty'

Times

time5 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • Times

Osteopath disciplined for calling patient ‘Nora Batty'

For a generation of Last of the Summer Wine fans, Nora Batty epitomised northern womanhood — hair perpetually in curlers, stockings wrinkled, husband under her thumb. But an osteopath has learnt the hard way at a disciplinary panel hearing that flippantly comparing a patient to the iconic character from the long-running BBC sitcom amounts to 'unacceptable professional conduct'. Peter Rees, an osteopath based at a clinic in Stourbridge, was said to have referred to a woman patient by the name of the character played by Kathy Staff, renowned for her jousting with thwarted suitor Compo, who she routinely saw off with a broom. The complaint regarding Rees was heard by the conduct committee of the General Osteopathic Council, which ruled that he had made the Nora Batty quip during an appointment.

Allegations of relationship between teacher and Leaving Cert student heard at fitness-to-teach inquiry
Allegations of relationship between teacher and Leaving Cert student heard at fitness-to-teach inquiry

Irish Times

time03-07-2025

  • Irish Times

Allegations of relationship between teacher and Leaving Cert student heard at fitness-to-teach inquiry

A fitness-to-teach inquiry on Wednesday heard allegations of a romantic relationship between a secondary school teacher and one of her Leaving Cert students 'during the summer' of 2018. It was also alleged that between June 14th and June 20th, 2018, while the student was sitting his Leaving Cert, there were daily communications via the social media platform Snapchat between him and the teacher, and subsequently until he received his results on August 14th. The teacher, who has been on the Teaching Council register since 2014 and was an English teacher at the Dublin school in question, denies these allegations. She now works in another school in a different area of Dublin. The director of the Teaching Council further alleged that on a date unknown in early August 2018 the teacher had a sexual encounter with the student, which the teacher has admitted to. READ MORE The director submitted that these allegations of professional misconduct amounted to disgraceful or dishonourable professional conduct of such seriousness as to bring the profession into disrepute. The director also submitted that the allegations amounted to conduct contrary to provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers including developing positive relationships with students that are characterised by professional integrity and judgment. A number of witnesses were called to give evidence including the then partner of the teacher at the time of the allegations. Both he and the teacher had purchased a house in north Dublin, for which he received the keys in August 2018. He detailed how the teacher's behaviour towards him began to change significantly, particularly at the time of a school trip she went on in August 2018 after the Leaving Cert results were published. The witness also outlined how their relationship came to an end with both he and her communicating via handwritten notes even though they were both living in their home at the time, albeit sleeping in separate bedrooms. He further described how he took screenshots of pages of a diary he claims the teacher kept. Excerpts of this alleged diary included: 'I know what I did was wrong … I was unhappy. Did I not love [ex-partner's first name] anymore?'. The next witness called was a former colleague of the teacher at the Dublin school, who outlined how she and another colleague were made aware in October 2018 by the teacher's then partner of the allegation that the teacher was having an affair with the student. When this witness and the other colleague confronted the teacher by phone the teacher denied she was having an affair with the student but admitted to having a 'one-off' sexual encounter with him in early August 2018. As the teacher did not inform her principal of this sexual encounter, her two colleagues did and this was followed by a school disciplinary process and the principal making a complaint to the Teaching Council. The inquiry reconvenes on Thursday to facilitate cross-examination of the ex-partner of the teacher.

B.C. nurse suspended 12 months for sexual relationship with client
B.C. nurse suspended 12 months for sexual relationship with client

CTV News

time28-06-2025

  • Health
  • CTV News

B.C. nurse suspended 12 months for sexual relationship with client

A B.C. nurse's registration has been suspended for 12 months as discipline for a sexual relationship the worker had with a client, according to the regulatory body. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives described the relationship, which happened between July and September of 2023, as 'personal and sexual.' The nurse, who is not named in the consent agreement reached with the college earlier this week due to privacy regulations, 'documented that at the time of the conduct, they suffered from a health condition that was a factor in their conduct,' reads an online summary. 'Intimate' relationships between nurses and clients are prohibited, even if they are consensual, the college said, adding that a breach of professional boundaries can harm the patient. 'The nurse-client relationship is the foundation of nursing practice across all populations and cultures and in all practice settings. It is therapeutic and focuses on the needs of the client. It is based on trust, respect and professional intimacy, and it requires the appropriate use of authority,' the summary reads. According to the college, the nurse agreed to have their registration suspended for 12 months and a six-month ban on working in community nursing. If they return to the job, the nurse will be required to be 'followed by' a counsellor for a year. 'The inquiry committee is satisfied that the terms will address the professional and practice concerns that arose and will protect the public,' the BCCNM wrote.

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