Teacher Banned for Inappropriate Relationship with Student

On April 3, a former religious education teacher named Stephen White from St. Wilford's Catholic School in Crawley just got hit with an indefinite.

Banned from teaching after a three-year inappropriate relationship with a pupil.

The teaching regulation agency found he sent excessive texts and emails outside school hours, including upwards of 100 messages in a single.

Night plus gifts and a long personal letter while spending time alone with her on campus.

Word spread among students, leading to gossip and mockery for the pupil, even after school leaders warned him multiple times, starting in November.

2021 to keep things professional.

White ignored the advice, switched to personal texts to dodge detection, and told the pupil to keep it secret, which the panel called dishonest and A.

Big breach of teacher standards. The whole thing came out in January 2023 from a tip by another student, leading to his quick suspension and firing by March.

Despite his remorse, the band stands to protect kids and trust in schools with a review possible after two years in April, 2028.